HORACE BOLINGBROKE WOODWARD, F.R.S., F.G.S. 825 
preparation of his very useful Geology of England and Wales } 
In Devon the writer joined him, and he has reason to remember 
Horace Woodward’s kind help and patience with the 
inexperienced ; he never tired of assisting those who worked 
with him, and this was a most striking characteristic till the 
end of his life. 
Much of this early work by Horace Woodward is unpublished, 
or has only lately appeared, for after several years in Devon, 
Somerset, and Dorset, he was transferred to Norfolk and 
Norwich, leaving the Devon maps to be completed by Mr. 
W. A. E. Ussher and others. He was, however, the chief 
author of the memoir on the East Somerset and Bristol Coal- 
fields, published in 1876. 
In Norwich he spent a good many years, probably some of 
the happiest in his life. He was in the native city of his 
grandfather, his father, and uncles, and he liked to recall the 
connexion of his family with the county, for his grandfather, 
Samuel Woodward, had been one of the earliest writers on that 
country, and had published the Geology of Norfolk in 1833. 
Here also, after his recovery from a serious illness which had 
interfered with his work for some time, he was again able 
thoroughly to enjoy the open-air life. He was in his element 
leading a geological excursion, presiding at some meeting for 
popularizing science, or discussing geological questions with his 
colleagues, several of whom were then working in the eastern 
counties. The principal result of his stay in Norfolk is seen 
in the accurate geological maps, and in his Geology of Norwich, 
of Fakenham, Wells, and Holt, and other memoirs; but in his 
leisure he was already collecting material for a second edition 
of his valuable work, the Geology of England and Wales? 
During his residence in Norwich he was President of the 
Norwich Science Gossip Club and of the Norwich Geological 
Society. At a later period, 1892-93, he was President of the 
Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society. 
1 8vo. Longmans (1876), pp. xx., 476. 
2 1887, Geo. Philip & Son, 8vo., pp. 16, 670. with maps and illustrations. 
