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CodePX6
Dates1832-1921
Person NameWoodward; Henry (1832-1921); Keeper of Geology
SurnameWoodward
ForenamesHenry
EpithetKeeper of Geology
ActivityMuseum staff. Palaeontologist, Department of Geology; Appointed Junior Assistant 1858; Assistant 2nd class 1859, Assistant 1st class 1865, promoted to upper section 1867, Keeper 1880-1901; retired 1904

1849 engaged by the Botanical Society to work in their herbarium. 1851 returned to Norwich to work for the East of England Bank where he remained until 1858. 1873 elected a fellow of the Royal Society and made president of the Geologists' Association. 1887 - 1888 vice-president of the Geological Society of London.
RelationshipsYounger brother of Samuel Pickworth Woodward. Uncle of Bernard Barham and Henry Buller Woodward.
1857 married Ellen Sophia Page. 2 sons Harry Page Woodward and M F Woodward, and 5 daughters.
Catalogue
RefNoTitle
DF/PAL/100/42/241Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/40/74Woodward, H
DF/TM/1/60/18Correspondence W: Wood; Woodward
DF/PAL/100/42/242Woodward, H
DF/PAL/105/1/50Mrs Smith's collection
DF/PAL/120/3Woodward, H: rough notes for reports, guides and lists
DF/PAL/100/40/75Woodward, H
DF/PAL/106/16Staff Diaries: Woodward, H
DF/ZOO/230/3/315Woodward, Henry
DF/PAL/100/15/64Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/18/36Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/19/36Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/33/355Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/10/41Woodward, H
DF/ZOO/200/35/580Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/14/617Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/23/540Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/32/486Woodward, Henry
DF/PAL/100/9/87Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/50/535Woodward, H
DF/PAL/105/1/12'Mr John Brown's collection'
DF/PAL/100/56/386Woodward, H
DF/PAL/120/4Woodward, H: list of works illustrated by types in the British Museum
DF/ZOO/200/45/528Woodward, [Henry]
DF/PAL/100/50/537Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/17/279Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/23/533-537Woodward, Henry
DF/PAL/120/2Woodward, H and Morris, J: drafts and notes for a catalogue of fossil crustacea
DF/ZOO/230/4/425Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/8/468Woodward, Henry
DF/PUB/516/4/5A guide to the fossil invertebrates and plants in the Department of Geology and Palaeontology
DF/PAL/100/17/353Woodward, Henry
DF/PAL/100/54/495Woodward, H
DF/PAL/105/1/55Casts of bones of the pigmy elephant from Malta
DF/PAL/105/3/7Oligocene shells from North Germany, with two letters to Henry Woodward. A Bell
DF/PAL/100/17/290Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/25/435-440Woodward, Henry
DF/TM/1/5/23Correspondence W-Y: Woodward; Young
DF/ZOO/252/1/12/58Woodward, Henry (London)
DF/TR/1/1/27/616Woodward, Henry
DF/TR/1/1/28/645Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/41/469Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/39/512Woodward, [Henry]
DF/ZOO/200/43/479-480Woodward, Henry
DF/PAL/100/16/74Woodward, H
DF/PAL/106/17Staff Diaries: Woodward, H
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/5/285Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/4/263Woodward, H.
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/3/242Woodward, Henry. W.
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/8/263Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/48/148Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/2/229Woodward, Dr Henry
DF/PH/2/5/6/2Staff Photograph: Henry Woodward
DF/PAL/100/35/440Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/35/442Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/28/69Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/17/288Woodward, Henry
DF/PAL/100/17/259Woodward, Henry
DF/PAL/100/35/441Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/11/58Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/17Correspondence, incoming
DF/PAL/100/33/358Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/33/357Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/8/43Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/12/52Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/13/49Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/33/359Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/14/84Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/33/356Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/37/246Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/37/247Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/37/248Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/42/245Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/42/246Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/54/496Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/56/387Woodward, H
DF/PAL/105/2/27Donation from Queensland from R Daintree, in a letter from R Owen to Mr Woodward
DF/ZOO/200/21/487Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/19/345-349Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/27/515-516Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/24/445Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/26/388-390Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/42/445Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/34/422-423Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/44/527Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/49/140Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/252/1/5/76Woodward, Dr. Henry
DF/ZOO/252/1/7/85Woodward, Henry (London)
DF/ZOO/252/1/13/93Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/252/1/15/62Woodward, Henry (Hertfordshire & London)
DF/BOT/404/1/7/45Stullerd, S
DF/PAL/100/60/334Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/60/335Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/59/149Cutler, W E
DF/PAL/100/59/150Cutler, W E
DF/PAL/100/59/148Cutler, W E
DF/TM/1/17/13Correspondence W: Woodward Bros; Woodward; Woolf
DF/PH/2/5/6/6Staff Group Photograph: Arthur Smith Woodward seated with a group
DF/PH/2/5/6/7Staff Photograph: Photograph of unidentified woman, possibly Dorothea Bate, seated on a bench
DF/MIN/1/2/96-97Barter, W & Co., Ltd.
DF/MIN/1/2/119Baxter, W
DF/PAL/100/40/76Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/42/244Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/40/77Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/46/517Woodward, H
DF/PUB/516/4/4A guide to the fossil reptiles and fishes in the Department of Geology and Palaeontology
DF/ZOO/200/22/361Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/12/241-242Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/28/387Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/24/443-444aWoodward, Bernard H
DF/PAL/122/1/1Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence
DF/TM/1/31/18Correspondence W: Woodford; Woodward; Wytsman; unknown
DF/PAL/105/45John Gray collection of Silurian fossils: correspondence
DF/PAL/105/1/34Summary of Mr J S Gardner's Gault, Greensand and Chalk fishes and reptiles offered to the Museum for £150.
DF/PAL/105/2/45Carboniferous fossils from Dr John Young, Glasgow, sent by Griffth of Harrow. In a letter from Lazarus Fletcher to Henry Woodward
DF/ZOO/200/20/397-398aWoodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/29/434-435Woodward, Henry
DF/ZOO/200/34/296-298Priest, Benjamin William
DF/ZOO/200/36/268Lombard, C
DF/ZOO/200/37/395Schwaz, E H S
DF/BOT/404/1/8/34Woodward, Henry
DF/PAL/100/60/309Wetherell, K T
DF/PH/2/5/6/3Staff Group Photograph: Arthur Smith Woodward and Prof Gaston Georges Delepine
DF/PH/2/5/6/4Staff Group Photograph: Arthur Smith Woodward and Prof Gaston Georges Delepine
DF/PH/2/5/1/7Staff Group Photograph: Five Geology Department Staff in back colonnade
DF/PH/2/5/6/5Staff Group Photograph: Arthur Smith Woodward and others at a meeting of the British Association
DF/TM/1/68/7Correspondence W: Wolkenhauer; Wolterstorff; Woodward; Woodward; Worthen; Wright
DF/PAL/100/31/143Woodward, H
DF/PAL/100/42/243Woodward, H
DF/ZOO/235/1/1/1/852Woodward, H
DF/PAL/105/1/9New Zealand Fossils
DF/PAL/105/1/10Dr Hector's collection of New Zealand fossils
DF/PAL/106/18Staff Diaries: Woodward, H
DF/PAL/106/19Staff Diaries: Woodward, H
DF/PAL/106/20Staff Diaries: Woodward, H
DF/PAL/107/2Labels by Henry Woodward for a display on dynamical geology
DF/PAL/120/91 letter from Henry Woodward to [? Hoskins]
DF/PAL/120/8/9Archibald Geikie (London)
DF/PAL/122/1/2Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence
DF/PAL/122/1/3Newton, Richard Bullen: correspondence
DF/PAL/120/8Letters to Henry Woodward from professional colleagues and friends
DF/PAL/120Palaeontology Early Members of Staff: Correspondence and Papers
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