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Professor william whitehead Watts, Sc.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.
PROC. GEOL.
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VOL.
59 (1948).
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Sc.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. President 1908-10, 1930-32.
PROFESSOR WILLIAM WHITEHEAD WATTS,
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Proceedings GEOLO GISTS'
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PROFESSOR WILLIAM WIDTEHEAD WATTS, Sc.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.
1860-1947 By G. S. SWEETING.
BY exponent the death of Professor Watts, Geology has lost a great and the Geologists' Association a staunch and loyal friend. Born at Broseley in Shropshire on 7th June, 1860, Watts received his early education at Shifnall and at Denstone School, where he was taught physics and chemistry by the Rev. D. Edwardes, who encouraged him to try for a scholarship at Cambridge. He was successful and entered Sidney Sussex College in 1878. Among his most respected teachers there were Mr. J. F. Walker, Professor T. McKenny Hughes and the Rev. Professor T. G. Bonney. Having obtained a first class in Geology in 1881, Watts was appointed Cambridge University Extension Lecturer and, taking charge of more than 30 centres, continued in that office until 1891. He was a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College from 1888 to 1894. From 1891 until 1897 he served first on the Irish and then on the English Geological Survey as petrographer under the directorship of Sir A. Geikie. Towards the end of 1897 Watts was appointed Assistant Professor of Geology at Birmingham to lighten the labours of Professor Lapworth, and there he taught geography and geology. During this association an intimate friendship sprang up between the two men. Watts's admiration for Lapworth in after years was never dimmed; he took every opportunity of commending him to staff and students alike, and referred to him as "not only one of the greatest geologists of his time, but one of the keenest minds of his generation." In 1898, quite soon after he had moved to Birmingham, Watts gathered together the material of his University Extension Lectures and reproduced from them in his very popular and famous little book Geology for Beginners, which not only brought him numerous friends but has been responsible for winning converts to the science from many walks of life. In 1906 (at the age of 46) Watts was appointed Professor of Geology at the Royal College of Science, soon to become the Imperial College of Science and Technology. "Now," as he has PROC. GEOL.
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remarked, " began the second period of my geological life." The Geology Department of the College at that time was accommodated in the Western Galleries of the old Science Museum, and it was here that under cramped conditions, with untiring energy and enthusiasm, he initiated his well-planned courses of teaching and research. His power of lucid and vivid exposition was outstanding and often he emphasised that his main job at the College was to teach; consequently he had but little spare time for research. Leaving (in 1912)the confined quarters of the Museum Galleries for more spacious laboratories in the new College buildings, Watts's organising abilities found their scope and opportunity. With a senior staff consisting of C. G. Cullis, J. W. Evans, A. Morley Davies and R. F. Gwinnell, he began at once to equip and build up the large and modern Department. Quick to realise the importance of the economic applications of geology, particularly its usefulness overseas, Watts launched in 1913 the sub-department of Oil Technology, and a little later that of Mining Geology. They have developed rapidly, and the wisdom and foresight of their founder are proved by the standing of these two important and successful departments, whose numerous past students now occupy prominent and leading posts in all parts of the world. There are also among his old students several who hold Chairs in other Universities, and two who have succeeded to his Chair at the Imperial College. Watts retired in July, 1930, and in 1945 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Imperial College. In 1932 the" Watts Medal" was founded to be " awarded annually to the best student in his Final Year in Geology." In that same year also his successor (Professor P. G. H. Boswell) was responsible for installing in the Department the wellappointed" Watts Library of Geology." Having dealt with his academic life, let us turn our attention to that important aspect of this notice-the man. Watts was a man of great personality and charm, the possessor of great tact, thorough and untiring, definite in purpose, and at all times very difficult to stir from a decision once he had made up his mind. Although firm in manner, he was not a martinet; his firmness was always tempered by kindness and reason. He had a characteristic and infectious smile which had the effect of quickly putting onehowever young or inexperienced-at ease throughout any meeting or interview. A characteristic story of his alertness and persistence relates to a certain large estate in the Midlands, from which geologists had repeatedly been warned-off. The estate had east and west entrances, and early one morning (about the year 1900), Watts determined to make his observations. Entering unnoticed by the west gate and taking a secluded footpath, he made direct for the opposite exit. Having almost reached the centre of the estate he espied, coming along a path at right angles to him, a keeper.
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Instantly turning round and facing the way he had come, he waited for the keeper, who informed him angrily that he was trespassing and must leave the grounds at once. Thereupon Watts expressed regret and remarked, " I suppose, then, I must go back?" Turning round again with a cheery" Good day" he continued his walk to the east gate and thus made a complete cross-traverse of the area. Watts was a great admirer of Kipling and all his works. He was rarely seen without his pipe, and was greatly attached to his car: he was very proud of the fact that in his 80th year he had driven alone from Shropshire to London to attend the annual meeting of the Geological Society. Throughout his life Watts was keenly interested in the wellbeing of scientific societies, to whose welfare he gave unstinted help and active support. Among the many public offices he filled were the Presidential Chair of the British Association (Norwich 1935), the Geological Society, the Mineralogical Society and our own Association (twice). Professor Watts was one of our oldest members; he joined in 1886 and was elected an Honorary Member in 1925. During his long membership he rendered very valuable services, piloting us while in office safely through both smooth and troubled waters. His first term as president, when he gave as his addresses two important and historical accounts of our Association-" Jubilee of the Geologists' Association" and" Fifty Years' Work of the Geologists' Association "-was 1908-10. His second term as president was from 1930-32. Of Watts's many and varied contributions to our Proceedings, his field meeting pamphlets and reports are perhaps the most interesting. He was always very interested in field meetings, and often remarked that they formed the most valuable part of the work of the Association, and had contributed very largely to its continued growth and success. He led many such meetings, e.g. to Nottingham and Leicester (1896), Shropshire (1894 and 1925), Lichfield and Cannock (1899) and Charnwood Forest (1902 and 1936). Watts will long be remembered for his enthusiasm and work in Charnwood Forest. He was passionately fond of this area and never failed to proclaim its" outstanding interest to the geologist." In this connection it is appropriate to recall that his last " official" duty in the field was in September, 1936, when, at the age of 76, he led a party of the Association round Charnwood. All those who were fortunate enough to be present on that occasion will remember the eagerness and obvious delight with which he demonstrated, once again, the" latent pre-Trias landscape of Charnwood Forest." Through the closing hours of his life Charnwood was occupying his attention. During the past three years he had been
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engaged in completing his memoir on the Geology of the Ancient Rocks of Charnwood Forest. He saw the work to second proofs but, alas, he was not spared to see its publication. Charnwood, indeed, was his "swan song," and the posthumous book will be a monument to his memory. Professor Watts's last public appearance was in 1945 at the Geological Society when, at the age of 85, he gave the first ,. William Smith Lecture." On 30th July, 1947, he passed away peacefully at Suttongeological science to lose an eminent worker and the country a true gentleman. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY PROFESSOR W. W. WATTS 1883. "The Geology of Lilleshall HiJI and its Vicinity": Trans. N. Staffs. Field Club, vol. xvii, pp. 45-7. 1885. "On the Igneous and Associated Rocks of the Breidden Hills in East Montgomeryshire and West Shropshire": Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xli, pp. 532-46; Powysland Club, Collections Hist. and Arch., vol. xxiv, pp. 107-28. 1886. "A Plea for Geography" : Cambridge Review. " The Corndon Laccolites " : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1886, p. 670. 1887. "A Shropshire Picrite " : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1887, p. 700. 1888. "Preshevalsky's Horse" : Nature. "Outcrops" : Geol. Mag., Dec. III, Vol. V, pp, 356-8. "An Igneous Succession in Shropshire": Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1888, p, 685. 1889. (With W. WHITAKER) "List of Works on the Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology of Shropshire": Trans. Shropshire Arch. Soc., vol xii, pp. 33-62. 1890. "The Geology of the Long Mountain" : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1890, p. 817. 1892. "On some Limerick Traps" : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1892, p. 727. 1893. "Notes on the OCCUITence of Perlitic Cracks in Quartz": Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1893, p. 781; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. I, pp. 367-76, 1894. "Notes on a Hornblende Pikrite from Greystones, Co. Wicklow " : Rep. Brit. Assoc., p. 767. 1894. (With Professor C. LAPWORTH) "The Geology of South Shropshire" : Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xiii, pp. 297-355. (With R. S. HERRIES) "[Account of the] Excursion to the County of Shropshire" : Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xiii, pp. 381-7. "On a Keuper Sandstone cemented by Barium Sulphate, from the Peakstones Rock, Alton, Staffordshire": Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1894, p. 665. " Appendix on some Boulders collected by Mr. Cameron [Catworth, Huntingdon] ": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xiii, pp, 359-60. 1894-6. "Record of Bare Facts": Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club, No.4, pp. 22-4 ; No.5, pp. 16-18 ; No.6, pp. 18-20. 1895. (With A. McHENRY) "Guide to the Collections of Rocks and Fossils belonging to the Geological Survey ofIreland " : Geol. Surv. Ireland, 1895, pp. 1-155. (With G. W. LAMPLUGH) "The Crush-Conglomerates of the Isle of Man" : Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. Ii, pp. 563-97. (With W. GUNN and C. T. CLOUGH) "[Petrological Notes on] the Geology of Part of Northumberland" : Mem. Geol. Surv., Quartersheet 110 S.W., new series 3, passim.
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(With J. D. PAUL) .. Rocks collected in the Puddle Trench, Brazil Wood, near Mount Sorrel": Trans. Leicester Lit. and Phil. Soc., vol. iv, p.12. .. Notes on some Tarns near Snowdon" : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1895, p. 683• .. [Stutton Boring] " : Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv., 1895, p. 4. 1896. .. Notes on the Ancient Rocks of Charnwood Forest": Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1896, pp. 795-7; Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. Ill, pp. 485-7 . .. On Periitic Structure": Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. Ill, pp. 15-20. (With E. T. NEWTON) .. Notes on Rocks from the Solomon Islands" : Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. III, pp. 358-65. (With G. E. COKE and J. W. CARR) .. [Account of an] Excursion to Nottingham and Leicester": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xiv, pp. 430-3 . .. Boring a Coral Reef at Funafuti": Nature, vol. liv, pp. 201-2. 1896-1904. Photographs of Geological Interest in the United Kingdom, Reports VII-XV: Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1896, pp. 357-65; 1897, pp. 298-332 ; 1898, pp. 530-46; 1899, pp. 377-97 ; 1900, pp. 350-69 ; 1901, pp. 339-52; 1902, pp. 229--47; 1903, pp. 197-218; 1904, pp. 242-66. 1897. "British Geological Photographs": Geo/. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. IV, pp, 31-7, 62, 109, 1I0. (With J. R. DAKYNS and others) " [petrological Notes on] the Geology of the Country between Appleby, Ullswater and Haweswater" : Mem. Geol. Surv., Quarter-sheet 102 S.W., new series 30, passim. (With G. J. BINNS and C. Fox STRANGWAYS) "Notes on some Rockspecimens from the Borings at Netherseal ": Trans. Fed. Inst. Min. Eng., vol. xiii, pp. (5-7 ?). Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom for 1896. Scottish Carboniferous Dolerites, pp. 64-5; Carboniferous Dolerites, pp. 57-8. 1898. Geological Photographs : account ofIoan collection of prints and slides. (With Professor C. LAPWORTH and W. J. HARRISON) .. Sketch of the Geology of the Birmingham District": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xv, pp.313--416 . .. [Account of the] Long Excursion to the Birmingham District" : Proc, Geol. Assoc., vol. xv, pp. 417-28. Geology for Beginners, pp. 1-352; Macmillan & Co. 1899. (With C. A. MATLEY) Appendix on the Microscopic Study of some of the Rocks [from Northern Anglesey]: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. Iv, pp. 675-8. . (With Professor C. LAPWORTH) .. [Report on the] Excursion to Lichfield and Cannock ": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xvi, pp. 246-8 . .. Note on the Surface of the Mount Sorrel Granite" : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1899, p, 747 ; also privately printed, pp. 1--4. 1900. (With C. Fox STRANGWAYS) [Notes on Charnwood Forest in] "The Geology of the Country between Atherstone and Charnwood Forest" : Mem. Geo/. Surv., Sheet 155, pp. 4-10. (With A. STRAHAN and others) [Petrological Notes in] .. The Geology of the South Wales Coalfield". Part II: The Country around Abergavenny: Mem. Geol. Surv., Sheet 232, new series, passim. 1902. [Account of the] "Excursion to Charnwood Forest": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xvii, pp. 373-81. 1903. Address to the Geological Section of the British Association: Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1903, pp. 641-54. (With G. W. LAMPLUGH) [Contributions to] .. The Geology of the Isle of Man" : Mem. Geol. Surv., passim. " Charnwood Forest: a Buried Triassic Landscape": Geog. Journal, 1903; Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1902, p. 687; v. also Trans. Liverpool Geol. Soc. 1904. "Geological Maps": The Geographical Teacher, vol. ii.
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"On the Igneous Rocks of the Welsh Border": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xix, pp. 173-83. (With C. Fox STRANGWAYS) [Chapter on Charnwood Forest in] "The Geology of the Country between Derby . . . and Loughborough " : Mem. Geol. Surv., Sheet 141, pp. 5-12. Opening Address to the Geographical Section of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society: Proc. Birmingham Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. xii, pp. 1-16. The Centenary of the Geological Society of London: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., special number, pp. 1-166 . .. Geology of Charnwood Forest"; British Association Handbook (Leicester Meeting), pp. 251-75. Photographs of Geological Interest, Sixteenth Report of the Committee : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1908, pp. 245-67. (With Professor J. B. FARMER and others) [Contribution to] " The Book of Nature Study": The Physical Environment-Geology, etc., vol. vi, pp.92-222. " The Jubilee of the Geologists' Association" (Presidential Address) : Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xxi, pp. 119-49. [Account of a] " Visit to the Ordnance Survey Office at Southampton" : Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xxi, pp. 366-8. . "Fifty Years' Work of the Geologists' Association" (Presidential Address): Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xxi, pp. 401-23. (With Professor C. LAPWORTH) "The Geology of Shropsbire?' : Geology in the Field, pp, 739-69 . .. The Geology of Charnwood Forest" : Geology in the Field, pp. 770785. (With Professor S. H. REYNOLDS) Photographs of Geological Interest, Seventeenth Report of the Committee: Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1910, pp. 142-59. Presidential Address to the Geological Society: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxvii, pp. xli-xciii, Presidential Address to the Geological Society: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxviii, pp. xxxix-ci. .. Archaean, Cambrian and Ordovician Rocks of Great Britain" [In Regionale Geologie], pp. 28-34, 46-78, 331-3. Shropshire: the Geography of the County, pp. 1-254. Wilding & Son, Ltd. 2nd edn. 1939. "Geology in the Service of Man" (Presidential Address). Section C : Brit. Assoc., pp. 1-20. "Geology of South Shropshire" (with others): Proc. Geol. Assoc.; 1925, vol. xxxvi, pp. 321-405. "Fifty Years' Work of the Mineralogical Society" (presidential Address) : Min. Mag., 1926, vol, xxi, pp, 106-24. .. Notes sur la Geologie de la Foret de Charnwood": Soc. Geol. de Belgique. Livre Jubilaire. " Form, Drift and Rhythm of the Continents" (presidential Address) : Brit. Assoc. (Norwich), 1935, pp. 1-21. (With H. H. GREGORY) "Report of Field Meeting to Chamwood Forest": Proc. Geol. Assoc., 1937, vol. xxxxviii, pp. 1-12. .. Charles Lapworth: the Author of the Ordovician System": Proc. Geol. Assoc., 1939, vol. I, pp. 235-286. "The Geological Society: its Work and Workers." First" William Smith Lecture": Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1946, vol. ci, pp. liii-Ixxi . .. Leicestershire Climate in Triassic Time": Geol. Mag., vol. lxxxii, pp.34-36. Geology of the Ancient Rocks of Charnwood Forest, pp. 1-160 ; Leicester Lit. and Phil. Soc.
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VOL.
59 (1948).
PLATE
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Sc.D., F.R.S., F.G.S. President 1908-10, 1930-32.
PROFESSOR WILLIAM WHITEHEAD WATTS,
Frontispiece
Proceedings GEOLO GISTS'
e!f the
ASS 0 CIA TI ON
PROFESSOR WILLIAM WIDTEHEAD WATTS, Sc.D., F.R.S., F.G.S.
1860-1947 By G. S. SWEETING.
BY exponent the death of Professor Watts, Geology has lost a great and the Geologists' Association a staunch and loyal friend. Born at Broseley in Shropshire on 7th June, 1860, Watts received his early education at Shifnall and at Denstone School, where he was taught physics and chemistry by the Rev. D. Edwardes, who encouraged him to try for a scholarship at Cambridge. He was successful and entered Sidney Sussex College in 1878. Among his most respected teachers there were Mr. J. F. Walker, Professor T. McKenny Hughes and the Rev. Professor T. G. Bonney. Having obtained a first class in Geology in 1881, Watts was appointed Cambridge University Extension Lecturer and, taking charge of more than 30 centres, continued in that office until 1891. He was a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College from 1888 to 1894. From 1891 until 1897 he served first on the Irish and then on the English Geological Survey as petrographer under the directorship of Sir A. Geikie. Towards the end of 1897 Watts was appointed Assistant Professor of Geology at Birmingham to lighten the labours of Professor Lapworth, and there he taught geography and geology. During this association an intimate friendship sprang up between the two men. Watts's admiration for Lapworth in after years was never dimmed; he took every opportunity of commending him to staff and students alike, and referred to him as "not only one of the greatest geologists of his time, but one of the keenest minds of his generation." In 1898, quite soon after he had moved to Birmingham, Watts gathered together the material of his University Extension Lectures and reproduced from them in his very popular and famous little book Geology for Beginners, which not only brought him numerous friends but has been responsible for winning converts to the science from many walks of life. In 1906 (at the age of 46) Watts was appointed Professor of Geology at the Royal College of Science, soon to become the Imperial College of Science and Technology. "Now," as he has PROC. GEOL.
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remarked, " began the second period of my geological life." The Geology Department of the College at that time was accommodated in the Western Galleries of the old Science Museum, and it was here that under cramped conditions, with untiring energy and enthusiasm, he initiated his well-planned courses of teaching and research. His power of lucid and vivid exposition was outstanding and often he emphasised that his main job at the College was to teach; consequently he had but little spare time for research. Leaving (in 1912)the confined quarters of the Museum Galleries for more spacious laboratories in the new College buildings, Watts's organising abilities found their scope and opportunity. With a senior staff consisting of C. G. Cullis, J. W. Evans, A. Morley Davies and R. F. Gwinnell, he began at once to equip and build up the large and modern Department. Quick to realise the importance of the economic applications of geology, particularly its usefulness overseas, Watts launched in 1913 the sub-department of Oil Technology, and a little later that of Mining Geology. They have developed rapidly, and the wisdom and foresight of their founder are proved by the standing of these two important and successful departments, whose numerous past students now occupy prominent and leading posts in all parts of the world. There are also among his old students several who hold Chairs in other Universities, and two who have succeeded to his Chair at the Imperial College. Watts retired in July, 1930, and in 1945 he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Imperial College. In 1932 the" Watts Medal" was founded to be " awarded annually to the best student in his Final Year in Geology." In that same year also his successor (Professor P. G. H. Boswell) was responsible for installing in the Department the wellappointed" Watts Library of Geology." Having dealt with his academic life, let us turn our attention to that important aspect of this notice-the man. Watts was a man of great personality and charm, the possessor of great tact, thorough and untiring, definite in purpose, and at all times very difficult to stir from a decision once he had made up his mind. Although firm in manner, he was not a martinet; his firmness was always tempered by kindness and reason. He had a characteristic and infectious smile which had the effect of quickly putting onehowever young or inexperienced-at ease throughout any meeting or interview. A characteristic story of his alertness and persistence relates to a certain large estate in the Midlands, from which geologists had repeatedly been warned-off. The estate had east and west entrances, and early one morning (about the year 1900), Watts determined to make his observations. Entering unnoticed by the west gate and taking a secluded footpath, he made direct for the opposite exit. Having almost reached the centre of the estate he espied, coming along a path at right angles to him, a keeper.
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Instantly turning round and facing the way he had come, he waited for the keeper, who informed him angrily that he was trespassing and must leave the grounds at once. Thereupon Watts expressed regret and remarked, " I suppose, then, I must go back?" Turning round again with a cheery" Good day" he continued his walk to the east gate and thus made a complete cross-traverse of the area. Watts was a great admirer of Kipling and all his works. He was rarely seen without his pipe, and was greatly attached to his car: he was very proud of the fact that in his 80th year he had driven alone from Shropshire to London to attend the annual meeting of the Geological Society. Throughout his life Watts was keenly interested in the wellbeing of scientific societies, to whose welfare he gave unstinted help and active support. Among the many public offices he filled were the Presidential Chair of the British Association (Norwich 1935), the Geological Society, the Mineralogical Society and our own Association (twice). Professor Watts was one of our oldest members; he joined in 1886 and was elected an Honorary Member in 1925. During his long membership he rendered very valuable services, piloting us while in office safely through both smooth and troubled waters. His first term as president, when he gave as his addresses two important and historical accounts of our Association-" Jubilee of the Geologists' Association" and" Fifty Years' Work of the Geologists' Association "-was 1908-10. His second term as president was from 1930-32. Of Watts's many and varied contributions to our Proceedings, his field meeting pamphlets and reports are perhaps the most interesting. He was always very interested in field meetings, and often remarked that they formed the most valuable part of the work of the Association, and had contributed very largely to its continued growth and success. He led many such meetings, e.g. to Nottingham and Leicester (1896), Shropshire (1894 and 1925), Lichfield and Cannock (1899) and Charnwood Forest (1902 and 1936). Watts will long be remembered for his enthusiasm and work in Charnwood Forest. He was passionately fond of this area and never failed to proclaim its" outstanding interest to the geologist." In this connection it is appropriate to recall that his last " official" duty in the field was in September, 1936, when, at the age of 76, he led a party of the Association round Charnwood. All those who were fortunate enough to be present on that occasion will remember the eagerness and obvious delight with which he demonstrated, once again, the" latent pre-Trias landscape of Charnwood Forest." Through the closing hours of his life Charnwood was occupying his attention. During the past three years he had been
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engaged in completing his memoir on the Geology of the Ancient Rocks of Charnwood Forest. He saw the work to second proofs but, alas, he was not spared to see its publication. Charnwood, indeed, was his "swan song," and the posthumous book will be a monument to his memory. Professor Watts's last public appearance was in 1945 at the Geological Society when, at the age of 85, he gave the first ,. William Smith Lecture." On 30th July, 1947, he passed away peacefully at Suttongeological science to lose an eminent worker and the country a true gentleman. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY PROFESSOR W. W. WATTS 1883. "The Geology of Lilleshall HiJI and its Vicinity": Trans. N. Staffs. Field Club, vol. xvii, pp. 45-7. 1885. "On the Igneous and Associated Rocks of the Breidden Hills in East Montgomeryshire and West Shropshire": Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. xli, pp. 532-46; Powysland Club, Collections Hist. and Arch., vol. xxiv, pp. 107-28. 1886. "A Plea for Geography" : Cambridge Review. " The Corndon Laccolites " : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1886, p. 670. 1887. "A Shropshire Picrite " : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1887, p. 700. 1888. "Preshevalsky's Horse" : Nature. "Outcrops" : Geol. Mag., Dec. III, Vol. V, pp, 356-8. "An Igneous Succession in Shropshire": Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1888, p, 685. 1889. (With W. WHITAKER) "List of Works on the Geology, Mineralogy, and Paleontology of Shropshire": Trans. Shropshire Arch. Soc., vol xii, pp. 33-62. 1890. "The Geology of the Long Mountain" : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1890, p. 817. 1892. "On some Limerick Traps" : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1892, p. 727. 1893. "Notes on the OCCUITence of Perlitic Cracks in Quartz": Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1893, p. 781; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. I, pp. 367-76, 1894. "Notes on a Hornblende Pikrite from Greystones, Co. Wicklow " : Rep. Brit. Assoc., p. 767. 1894. (With Professor C. LAPWORTH) "The Geology of South Shropshire" : Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xiii, pp. 297-355. (With R. S. HERRIES) "[Account of the] Excursion to the County of Shropshire" : Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xiii, pp. 381-7. "On a Keuper Sandstone cemented by Barium Sulphate, from the Peakstones Rock, Alton, Staffordshire": Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1894, p. 665. " Appendix on some Boulders collected by Mr. Cameron [Catworth, Huntingdon] ": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xiii, pp, 359-60. 1894-6. "Record of Bare Facts": Caradoc and Severn Valley Field Club, No.4, pp. 22-4 ; No.5, pp. 16-18 ; No.6, pp. 18-20. 1895. (With A. McHENRY) "Guide to the Collections of Rocks and Fossils belonging to the Geological Survey ofIreland " : Geol. Surv. Ireland, 1895, pp. 1-155. (With G. W. LAMPLUGH) "The Crush-Conglomerates of the Isle of Man" : Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. Ii, pp. 563-97. (With W. GUNN and C. T. CLOUGH) "[Petrological Notes on] the Geology of Part of Northumberland" : Mem. Geol. Surv., Quartersheet 110 S.W., new series 3, passim.
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(With J. D. PAUL) .. Rocks collected in the Puddle Trench, Brazil Wood, near Mount Sorrel": Trans. Leicester Lit. and Phil. Soc., vol. iv, p.12. .. Notes on some Tarns near Snowdon" : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1895, p. 683• .. [Stutton Boring] " : Ann. Rep. Geol. Surv., 1895, p. 4. 1896. .. Notes on the Ancient Rocks of Charnwood Forest": Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1896, pp. 795-7; Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. Ill, pp. 485-7 . .. On Periitic Structure": Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. Ill, pp. 15-20. (With E. T. NEWTON) .. Notes on Rocks from the Solomon Islands" : Geol. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. III, pp. 358-65. (With G. E. COKE and J. W. CARR) .. [Account of an] Excursion to Nottingham and Leicester": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xiv, pp. 430-3 . .. Boring a Coral Reef at Funafuti": Nature, vol. liv, pp. 201-2. 1896-1904. Photographs of Geological Interest in the United Kingdom, Reports VII-XV: Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1896, pp. 357-65; 1897, pp. 298-332 ; 1898, pp. 530-46; 1899, pp. 377-97 ; 1900, pp. 350-69 ; 1901, pp. 339-52; 1902, pp. 229--47; 1903, pp. 197-218; 1904, pp. 242-66. 1897. "British Geological Photographs": Geo/. Mag., Dec. IV, Vol. IV, pp, 31-7, 62, 109, 1I0. (With J. R. DAKYNS and others) " [petrological Notes on] the Geology of the Country between Appleby, Ullswater and Haweswater" : Mem. Geol. Surv., Quarter-sheet 102 S.W., new series 30, passim. (With G. J. BINNS and C. Fox STRANGWAYS) "Notes on some Rockspecimens from the Borings at Netherseal ": Trans. Fed. Inst. Min. Eng., vol. xiii, pp. (5-7 ?). Annual Report of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom for 1896. Scottish Carboniferous Dolerites, pp. 64-5; Carboniferous Dolerites, pp. 57-8. 1898. Geological Photographs : account ofIoan collection of prints and slides. (With Professor C. LAPWORTH and W. J. HARRISON) .. Sketch of the Geology of the Birmingham District": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xv, pp.313--416 . .. [Account of the] Long Excursion to the Birmingham District" : Proc, Geol. Assoc., vol. xv, pp. 417-28. Geology for Beginners, pp. 1-352; Macmillan & Co. 1899. (With C. A. MATLEY) Appendix on the Microscopic Study of some of the Rocks [from Northern Anglesey]: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. Iv, pp. 675-8. . (With Professor C. LAPWORTH) .. [Report on the] Excursion to Lichfield and Cannock ": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xvi, pp. 246-8 . .. Note on the Surface of the Mount Sorrel Granite" : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1899, p, 747 ; also privately printed, pp. 1--4. 1900. (With C. Fox STRANGWAYS) [Notes on Charnwood Forest in] "The Geology of the Country between Atherstone and Charnwood Forest" : Mem. Geo/. Surv., Sheet 155, pp. 4-10. (With A. STRAHAN and others) [Petrological Notes in] .. The Geology of the South Wales Coalfield". Part II: The Country around Abergavenny: Mem. Geol. Surv., Sheet 232, new series, passim. 1902. [Account of the] "Excursion to Charnwood Forest": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xvii, pp. 373-81. 1903. Address to the Geological Section of the British Association: Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1903, pp. 641-54. (With G. W. LAMPLUGH) [Contributions to] .. The Geology of the Isle of Man" : Mem. Geol. Surv., passim. " Charnwood Forest: a Buried Triassic Landscape": Geog. Journal, 1903; Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1902, p. 687; v. also Trans. Liverpool Geol. Soc. 1904. "Geological Maps": The Geographical Teacher, vol. ii.
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"On the Igneous Rocks of the Welsh Border": Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xix, pp. 173-83. (With C. Fox STRANGWAYS) [Chapter on Charnwood Forest in] "The Geology of the Country between Derby . . . and Loughborough " : Mem. Geol. Surv., Sheet 141, pp. 5-12. Opening Address to the Geographical Section of the Birmingham Natural History and Philosophical Society: Proc. Birmingham Nat. Hist. Soc., vol. xii, pp. 1-16. The Centenary of the Geological Society of London: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., special number, pp. 1-166 . .. Geology of Charnwood Forest"; British Association Handbook (Leicester Meeting), pp. 251-75. Photographs of Geological Interest, Sixteenth Report of the Committee : Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1908, pp. 245-67. (With Professor J. B. FARMER and others) [Contribution to] " The Book of Nature Study": The Physical Environment-Geology, etc., vol. vi, pp.92-222. " The Jubilee of the Geologists' Association" (Presidential Address) : Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xxi, pp. 119-49. [Account of a] " Visit to the Ordnance Survey Office at Southampton" : Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xxi, pp. 366-8. . "Fifty Years' Work of the Geologists' Association" (Presidential Address): Proc. Geol. Assoc., vol. xxi, pp. 401-23. (With Professor C. LAPWORTH) "The Geology of Shropsbire?' : Geology in the Field, pp, 739-69 . .. The Geology of Charnwood Forest" : Geology in the Field, pp. 770785. (With Professor S. H. REYNOLDS) Photographs of Geological Interest, Seventeenth Report of the Committee: Rep. Brit. Assoc., 1910, pp. 142-59. Presidential Address to the Geological Society: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxvii, pp. xli-xciii, Presidential Address to the Geological Society: Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., vol. lxviii, pp. xxxix-ci. .. Archaean, Cambrian and Ordovician Rocks of Great Britain" [In Regionale Geologie], pp. 28-34, 46-78, 331-3. Shropshire: the Geography of the County, pp. 1-254. Wilding & Son, Ltd. 2nd edn. 1939. "Geology in the Service of Man" (Presidential Address). Section C : Brit. Assoc., pp. 1-20. "Geology of South Shropshire" (with others): Proc. Geol. Assoc.; 1925, vol. xxxvi, pp. 321-405. "Fifty Years' Work of the Mineralogical Society" (presidential Address) : Min. Mag., 1926, vol, xxi, pp, 106-24. .. Notes sur la Geologie de la Foret de Charnwood": Soc. Geol. de Belgique. Livre Jubilaire. " Form, Drift and Rhythm of the Continents" (presidential Address) : Brit. Assoc. (Norwich), 1935, pp. 1-21. (With H. H. GREGORY) "Report of Field Meeting to Chamwood Forest": Proc. Geol. Assoc., 1937, vol. xxxxviii, pp. 1-12. .. Charles Lapworth: the Author of the Ordovician System": Proc. Geol. Assoc., 1939, vol. I, pp. 235-286. "The Geological Society: its Work and Workers." First" William Smith Lecture": Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., 1946, vol. ci, pp. liii-Ixxi . .. Leicestershire Climate in Triassic Time": Geol. Mag., vol. lxxxii, pp.34-36. Geology of the Ancient Rocks of Charnwood Forest, pp. 1-160 ; Leicester Lit. and Phil. Soc.