Samuel Pickworth Woodward
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Samuel Pickworth Woodward (1821–1865) was an English
geologist
.
A son of the geologist Samuel Woodward
, S. P. Woodward became in 1845 professor of geology and natural history in the Royal Agricultural College
, Cirencester, and in 1848 was appointed assistant in the department of geology and mineralogy in the British Museum
. He was author of A Manual of the Mollusca (in three parts, 1851, 1853 and 1856).
Woodwardite is a mineral named after Samuel Pickworth Woodward (type locality
given only as Cornwall).
S. P. Woodward's son, Horace Bolingbroke Woodward
(1848-1914), became in 1863 an assistant in the library of the Geological Society, and joined the Geological Survey in 1867, rising to be assistant-director. In 1893-1894 he was president of the Geologists' Association, and he published many important works on geology.
England
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geologist
Geologist
A geologist is a scientist who studies the solid and liquid matter that constitutes the Earth as well as the processes and history that has shaped it. Geologists usually engage in studying geology. Geologists, studying more of an applied science than a theoretical one, must approach Geology using...
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A son of the geologist Samuel Woodward
Samuel Woodward
Samuel Woodward , English geologist and antiquary, was born at Norwich.He was for the most part self-educated. Apprenticed in 1804 to a manufacturer of camlets and bombazines, a taste for serious study was stimulated by his master, Alderman John Herring and by Joseph John Gurney...
, S. P. Woodward became in 1845 professor of geology and natural history in the Royal Agricultural College
Royal Agricultural College
The Royal Agricultural College is a higher education institution located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, UK. Established in 1845, it was the first agricultural college in the English speaking world...
, Cirencester, and in 1848 was appointed assistant in the department of geology and mineralogy in the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
. He was author of A Manual of the Mollusca (in three parts, 1851, 1853 and 1856).
Woodwardite is a mineral named after Samuel Pickworth Woodward (type locality
Type locality (geology)
Type locality , also called type area or type locale, is the where a particular rock type, stratigraphic unit, fossil or mineral species is first identified....
given only as Cornwall).
S. P. Woodward's son, Horace Bolingbroke Woodward
Horace Bolingbroke Woodward
Horace Bolingbroke Woodward was a British geologist who participated in the Geological Survey of England and Wales. President of the Geological Society. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1896....
(1848-1914), became in 1863 an assistant in the library of the Geological Society, and joined the Geological Survey in 1867, rising to be assistant-director. In 1893-1894 he was president of the Geologists' Association, and he published many important works on geology.