Download or read book The Smith Woodward Cloth written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lady Maud Smith Woodward (1873-1963) was the eldest of the four daughters of Harry Govier Seeley (1839-1909). She was educated at Queen's College London. In 1894, at the age of twenty one, Lady Maud married Arthur Smith Woodward (1864-1944) who was then Assistant Keeper of Geology. They had two children, a boy and a girl. Lady Maud was a brilliant needlewoman and was able to make all the clothes her children needed. In 1901, her husband became Keeper of Geology and they entertained many distinguished colleagues from all over the world. During their stay in the Woodward home, the guests were invited to sign a table cloth, after which, Lady Maud would embroider the signature. Although Lady Maud asked them to choose where they would sign, she did try to keep the professions in categories i.e. Geologist, Zoologist, Botanist etc. would sign in a specific area. This is a list of names which were signed on the cloth. Joan Davies [from page 1].