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OBITUARY NOTICES. 
W. H. BIDWELL. 
The Society has lost an interested and active member 
by the death of Mr. W. H. Bid well, on 25 th April, 1909. He 
was born in Norwich, but when he was seven years of age his 
father removed to Ipswich. He was educated at the Grammar 
School of that town, where he received a good classical 
training, as was evident later from his knowledge of Latin 
and Greek. 
A member of the Society almost from its foundation, he 
was successively, Auditor 1874-81, Hon. Secretary 1881-89, 
Treasurer 1895-1901, President 1901-02. His contributions 
to the scientific work of the Society included the following 
papers: — “Notes on Norfolk Names derived from those of 
Animals, Birds, and Plants,” 25th January, 1881. “Some 
Obsolete Dishes,” 30th October, 1888. “ On the use of the 
Teasel in Norwich,” 6th November, 1900. “Memoir of 
Robert Wigham,” 29th October, 1901. 
For the purpose of his Presidential Address delivered 
25th March, 1902, he chose the subject of “ Floral Scents,” 
a somewhat neglected but highly interesting topic. 
Mr. Bidwell was an active member also, of the Norwich 
Camera Club, being a skilful photographer. Several of his 
photographs of local objects of interest are now in the 
Norwich Castle Museum. He also presented photographs 
by himself, to the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society, 
to enrich the pages of the Transactions. His ‘ Annals of an 
East Anglian Bank” (Norwich, 1900) is a valuable addition to 
the literature of his native county. — W. A. N. 
OCTAVIUS CORDER. 
The late Octavius Corder was one of the original members 
of the Society, and for many years took an active share in 
its work, having acted as Secretary in 1870-71, member of 
the Committee 1873-1879, of which he was chairman in 1874-75 
and 1878-79, and President in 1880-81. In the latter capacity 
he gave an address on ‘‘Distribution and Migration of Plants.” 
In October, 1884, he read a paper before the Society on 
