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I AM sorry to have to sound at the outset a note of sadness. We little thought when the end of the session brought release for us all that before we could meet again death would intervene to prevent one of our number from joining his colleagues and friends at the reassembly. It may not be known to every one present that a deplorable accident has deprived the College of one of the most brilliant and popular of the junior members of the staff. Mr. Martin Woodward, demonstrator of zoology, was the younger son of Dr. Henry Woodward, the eminent keeper of the geological department of the British Museum, who is a personal friend of many of us and respectdd by everybody. United as fatherand son were, not only by ties of affection but by constant companionship in their scientific pursuits, we can only guess and I cannot express, the severity of the father's loss. All we can do on this sad occasion is to offer to the family of our departed friend our most heartfelt sympathy. Mr. Woodward entered the College as a student in 1882 and gained the Murchison prize and medal. He was appointed demonstrator by Prof. Huxley in 1885, and has since that time worked under the direction of Prof. Howes. Most of us deplore the loss of a genial, kindly and accomplished friend, but science too is the poorer by this unhappy event, for Woodward was well known as a zoologist, and his extensive knowledge, skill as a manipulator and scientific enthusiasm seemed to promise a high place for him among the biologists of his time.
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The Royal College of Science and the University of London 1 . Nature 64, 583–586 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064583b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/064583b0