during this time he released new editions of earlier works. During these years he gave counsel and kind words, in addition to helpful hints in research methodology and direction, to many young geologists. Lyell was also stricken with progressive blindness, bringing another ironic note to the pair's friendship. Scrope received numerous accolades for his ventures in the fields of geology, politics, and history. His history of Castle Combe, written in 1852, is still accepted as an important work in such scholarship, and numerous pleasant comments regarding it were made in various Stroud and local media. Scrope also penned definitive biographies and analyses on local and national British figures during his lifetime, earning him honorable mention in numerous related publications. In 1867, for his groundbreaking work in geology, the Geological Society of London awarded George Poulett Scrope the Wollaston Medal – their highest award. The death of Lyell, his lifelong best friend, left him a broken man and he soon followed on 19 January 1876. Judd, in his Academy obituary of George Poulett Scrope, wrote that "born within a few months of one another, their deaths were separated by less than a year; 'lovely and pleasant in their lives, in their death they were not divided.'" Many would agree with Judd's statement that Scrope was an earnest worker in the task of "establishing the science of geology on a philosophical basis." References Further reading "Scrope, George Julius Poulett." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Accessed 2008. Burke, Sir Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland. Harrison, Pall Mall: London. 4 ed. Part II. 1863. Commons, John R. 1990. Institutional economics: Its place in political economy. Transaction Publishers: NY. Conklin, Edwin G. 1951. "Letters of Charles Darwin and Other Scientists and Philosophers to Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. 1951." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 95, no. 3: 220-221-222. Fetter, Frank W. 1958. "The Economic Articles in the Quarterly Review and Their Authors, 1809-52." I. The Journal of Political Economy 66, no. 1: 47-48-64. G., A.. "George Poulett Scrope, F.R.S.." Nature. Nature Publishing Group. 27 Jan. 1876: 241–242. (According to the DNB article on Scrope, "A. G." represents Archibald Geikie.) Hughes. "SCROPE, George Poulett." Peerage.org website, 2008. Accessed 2008. Judd, J. W. 1876. "George Poulett Scrope." Academy 9, no. Jan/June 1876: 102-103. N/A. 1876-1877. "Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased." Proceedings of the Royal Society of