27 !) 
I. 
A i\lEMUli: OF 
])JI. S. V. WOODWAJH), A.L.S., F.G.8., Ac. 
WITH A LIST OF I1I« PUHLISHKl) TAPER-S. 
1>V IfoHACK ]J. 'W'OODW.VRD, F.G.8. 
Read 26th April, 1881. 
lnE roll of 27 orfolk Naturali.sts would be incomplete without the 
name of S. P. Woodward. Although lii.s contributions to the 
Natural Ili.-story of his native county arc small, yet in wider fields 
Ids published works have occupied an influential position ; and Ids 
‘ i\ranual of the INlollusca’ alone .sufllcicntly proclaims the author 
to be one of the scientific men of mark of Avliom Norfolk may 
justly bo proud.• ** 
To the class of Naturalists of whom Edward Forbes was pre- 
eminently the leader, belonged the subject of this memoir. In 
Iwyhood a stiulent of in.sects, he became later on an ardent collector 
of plants, and an c.Kccllcnt botanist ; geology next took up most of 
his attention; and, finally, he devoted himself to the particular study 
of the IMollusca, with a perseverance that led him to be recognized 
as the highest living authority on recent and fossil shells. 
Asa Natural History Peviower his “Literary Pemains,” published 
in the ‘ Critic ’ and other periodicals, have commended themselves 
to all who have read them, by their plea.sant style, their valuable 
criticism, and the many original remarks with which they arc 
intci-spcrsed. 
Such a bald statement, even if accompanied by a list and analysis 
of his chief scientific works, rvould give but little idea of the man, 
of his passionate love of Nature, and his earnestness in striving to 
do thoroughly whatever ho undertook. The story of his life maj' 
iwosent few incidents of particular interest to Naturalists, and I 
shall attempt no more than an outline of its leading features; 
but the position he had gained for himself, and the esteem in 
• A short memoir of S. P. Woodward was given in ‘ ^Men of the Time ’ hv 
]•:. W'alford(lS62). 
