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Authorised form of nameWoodward; Sir; Arthur Smith (1864 - 1944)
Dates1864 - 1944
NationalityBritish
Place of birthMacclesfield, Cheshire, England
Date of birth23 May 1864
Place of deathAt his home in Haywards Heath, London
Date of death02/09/1944
Research fieldPalaeontology
ActivityHonours:
Kt 1924
Memberships:
FGS; FLS; FRGS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election06/06/1901
RSActivityMedals and prizes:
Royal Medal 1917
RelationshipsMarried Maud, daughter of Harry Govier Seeley (FRS 1879)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society 1945-1948 vol 5 pp 79-112, plate, by C Forster Cooper
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/35234047
CodeNA6492
Archives associated with this Fellow
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EC/1901/16Woodward, Sir Arthur Smith: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/7/424Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Arthur Smith Woodward17 February 1893
NLB/6/938Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr [Arthur Smith] Woodward21 September 1892
NLB/7/20Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Arthur Smith Woodward, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S.W.12 November 1892
NLB/7/414Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Arthur Smith Woodward13 February 1893
NLB/7/1052Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Arthur Smith Woodward, British Museum (Natural History)21 June 1893
NLB/7/1082Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Mr Collings29 June 1893
NLB/8/1137Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Arthur Smith Woodward, British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S.W.5 March 1894
RR/22/106Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The skull of ichthyosaurus, studied in serial sections' by William Johnson Sollas1916
RR/16/114Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'An account of the Devonian fish Palaeospondylus gunni, Traquair' by William Johnson Sollas and Igerna Briinhilda Johnson SollasJune 1903
NLB/25/144Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Arthur Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society, British Museum (Natural History), S.W.[27 August 1902]
NLB/23/1/835Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Dr Arthur Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society4 February 1902
NLB/26/402Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr Arthur Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society13 March 1903
NLB/27/431Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Arthur Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society23 September 1903
NLB/26/521Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr Arthur Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society5 April 1903
NLB/26/629Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to, Dr Arthur Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society, Kensington, W.1 May 1903
NLB/28/89Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Arthur Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society7 January 1904
NLB/38/22Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr Arthur Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society3 June 1908
NLB/37/874Copy Letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] S [Smith] Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society28 May 1908
NLB/37/492Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A S Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society27 March 1908
NLB/37/686Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Professor [Sydney John] Hickson1 May 1908
NLB/37/869Copy Letter from Archibald Geikie to Dr A [Arthur] Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society25 May 1908
NLB/37/180Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] Smith Woodward FRS7 February 1908
NLB/39/458Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr [Arthur] Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society23 January 1909
NLB/40/667Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] S [Smith] Woodward FRS 15 July 1909
NLB/40/332Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] S [Smith] Woodward FRS 25 May 1909
NLB/40/694Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] S [Smith] Woodward FRS 20 July 1909
NLB/44/164Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] S [Smith] Woodward FRS 19 May 1911
NLB/42/643Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] Smith Woodward FRS 25 July 1910
NLB/45/178Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] Smith Woodward FRS12 January 1912
NLB/48/71Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Arthur] Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society6 May 1913
NLB/50/146Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Arthur] Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society7 May 1914
NLB/50/283Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr [Arthur] Smith Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society9 June 1914
NLB/51/375Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to Dr Arthur Smith Woodward FRS1 March 1915
RR/23/91Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The fossil human skull found at Talgai, Queensland' by Stewart Arthur SmithOctober 1916
RR/63/126Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The Acanthodian fishes' by David Meredith Seares WatsonFebruary 1937
NLB/53/623Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Arthur] Smith Woodward, FRS10 November 1916
NLB/55/43Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Arthur] Smith Woodward, FRS15 November 1917
NLB/55/208Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Arthur Smith] Woodward, FRS15 January 1918
NLB/58/408Copy letter from James Hopwood Jeans, Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Arthur] Smith Woodward Esquire, FRS30 April 1920
RR/39/42Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'On the structure of the mammal-like reptiles of the sub-order Gorgonopsia' by Robert Broom[July 1929]
RR/47/5Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The Genus Hyracotherium. A revision and description of new specimens found in England' by Clive Forster-CooperMarch 1932
NLB/61/748Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Arthur] Smith Woodward, FRS21 October 1921
RR/55/66Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'On the structure of the skull in the mammal-like reptiles of the suborder therocephalia' by Robert Broom17 June 1935
RR/58/14Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The British silurian rugose corals with acanthine septa' by Dorothy HillFebruary 1936
NLB/67/426Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Woodward, FRS18 December 1924
NLB/63/403Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society and FRS; to Dr. [Arthur] Smith Woodward, FRSOctober 1922
NLB/64/390Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr. [Arthur] Smith Woodward, FRS26 March 1923
RR/67/303Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The Devonian fish Palaeospondylus gunni Traquair' by J A Moy-Thomas21 August 1940
NLB/67/398Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Woodward, FRS15 December 1924
NLB/65/285Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Arthur] Smith Woodward, FRS6 October 1923
NLB/65/420Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Dr [Arthur Smith] Woodward, FRS; also sent to Professor [Godfrey Harold] Hardy; [Charles Thomson Rees] Wilson Esq.; [Joseph] Barcroft Esq; Dr [Frederick Frost] Blackman; Sir Frank [Watson] Dyson; [William] Bateson, Esq.; Professor [John Bretland] Farmer; Professor [Frederick Gowland] Hopkins30 October 1923
RR/31/80Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on the Croonian Lecture 'The evolution and origin of the amphibia' by David Meredith Seares Watson[September 1925]
NLB/66/615Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS6 June 1924
NLB/67/273Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Woodward, FRS26 November 1924
NLB/68/403Copy letter from William Bate Hardy, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir [Arthur] Smith Woodward, FRS9 July 1925
NLB/69/7Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS10 December 1925
NLB/68/604Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS19 September 1925
NLB/68/640Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Sidney [Frederic] Harmer, KBE, FRS30 September 1925
NLB/69/627Copy letter from Henry Hallett Dale, Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS30 June 1926
NLB/72/736Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS29 March 1930
NLB/73/54Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS7 November 1930
NLB/72/951Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to Sir Arthur Smith Woodward, FRS17 July 1930
RR/31/44Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'The morphology of a rare oceanic fish, Stylophorus chordatus, Shaw; based on specimens collected in the Atlantic by the “Dana” expeditions, 1920-1922' by Charles Tate Regan5 February 1924
NLB/37/181Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison to Dr A [Arthur] Smith Woodward FRS7 February 1908
RR/29/17Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'On the classification and phylogeny of the teleostei arterioles' by H K KyleFebruary 1923
NLB/62/570Copy letter from John [Millar] Thomson, Chairman of the Library Committee; to the Members of the Library Committee14 March 1922
NLB/65/231Copy letter from Francis Alexander Towle, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [William] Bateson, Esq., FRS; also sent to Professor [Alfred] Fowler, Professor [Godfrey Harold] Hardy, Dr [Frederick Frost] Blackman, Professor [John Bretland] Farmer, Professor [Frederick Gowland] Hopkins, Dr [Arthur] Smith Woodward, Dr [Frank Watson] Dyson, [Charles Thomson Rees] Wilson Esq., [Joseph] Barcroft Esq.24 September 1923
NLB/8/408Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr Henry Woodward, Fellow of the Royal Society20 October 1893
NLB/54/909Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to the Deputy Master of the [Royal] Mint2 November 1917
AP/69/6Unpublished paper, 'The Har Dalam [Għar Dalam] cavern, Malta and its fossiliferous contents' by John H Cooke and Arthur Smith Woodward1893
RR/20/128Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'A study of the skull of a dicynodon by means of serial sections' by Ignera Sollas and William Johnson SollasJuly 1913
RR/21/34Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on the Croonian Lecture 'On the origin of mammals' by Robert Broom[May 1914]
RR/36/34Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'On the skulls of early Tertiary Suidae, together with an account of the otic region in some other primitive Artiodactyla' by Helga Sharpe Pearson[March 1927]
RR/62/29Referee's report by Arthur Smith Woodward, on a paper 'On the phylogeny of the Ammonite family Liparoceratidae' by Leonard Frank Spath[August 1936]
PP/22/19Paper, 'Report on animal remains from the Har Dalam [Għar Dalam] Cavern, Malta. The organic remains' by John H Cooke and Arthur Smith Woodward1893
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