Samuel Pickworth Woodward
Samuel Pickworth Woodward (born September 17, 1821 in Norwich , † July 11, 1865 in Herne Bay , Kent ) was a British geologist.
He was the son of Norwich naturalist and amateur geologist Samuel Woodward and brother of Henry Woodward and Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward . Woodward was from 1839 assistant curator of the Geological Society of London before he became professor of geology and natural history at the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester in 1845 . From 1848 until his death he was first class assistant in the geology and mineralogy department of the British Museum .
His son Horace Bolingbroke Woodward was a well-known geologist.
The mineral woodwardite is named after him.
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| SURNAME | Woodward, Samuel Pickworth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British geologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1821 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Norwich |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 11, 1865 |
| Place of death | Herne Bay , Kent |