Henry Woods (paleontologist)
Henry Woods (born December 18, 1868 in Cottenham near Cambridge , † April 4, 1952 in Meldreth , Hertfordshire ) was a British paleontologist .
Woods studied at Cambridge University with the degree in 1890 and was there then curator of the Woodwardian Museum and from 1892 demonstrator in paleobotany and from 1894 in paleozoology. From 1899 until his retirement in 1934 he was a lecturer in paleontology at Cambridge. Even after that, he stayed at the university as a librarian in the paleontology department.
In 1940 he received the Wollaston Medal and in 1918 the Lyell Medal . He was a Fellow of the Royal Society .
Fonts
- Palaeontology, invertebrate , Cambridge University Press, 7th edition 1937, online (first 1893)
- Elementary Palaeontology for geology students , Cambridge University Press 1893
- Catalog of the Type Fossils in the Woodwardian Museum, Cambridge , Cambridge 2010 (first published in 1891)
- Trilobita and Eurypterida , in Sidney Harmer et al. a. Cambridge Natural History, Volume 4, 1909
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Woods, Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cottenham near Cambridge |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4th 1952 |
| Place of death | Meldreth , Hertfordshire |