Prof. E. S. Goodrich, F.R.S.

Abstract

EDWIN STEPHEN GOODRICH was born on June 21, 1868, at Weston-super-Mare and died at Oxford on January 6. He was brought up in France, spoke French like a Frenchman, and always remained a great admirer of that country. After returning to England he entered University College, London, in 1888, and it was while studying there as an art student at the Slade School that he heard some public lectures given by Ray Lankester and realized that zoology was his proper profession. He became assistant to Ray Lankester, and when the latter went to Oxford to become Linacre - professor of zoology and comparative anatomy, Goodrich followed him'. He entered Merton College as a commoner in 1892, and ultimately became a fellow and a professorial fellow of the same College, when he succeeded to the Linacre professorship in 1921. He always prided himself on his undivided allegiance to Merton, and it must have been a source of great satisfaction to him when, a month before hip ath, he was made an honorary fellow of Mertor