Samuel Woodward (3 October 1790 – 14 January 1838), English geologist and antiquary, was born at Norwich.

Becoming interested in geology and archaeology, he began to form the collection which after his death was purchased for the Norwich museum.

He communicated to the Archaeologia articles on the round church towers of Norfolk, the Roman remains of the country, etc., and other papers on natural history and geology to the Mag.

He was author of: His eldest son, Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward (1816–1869), was librarian and keeper of the prints and drawings at Windsor Castle from 1860 until his death.

The second son, Samuel Pickworth Woodward (1821–1865), became in 1845 professor of geology and natural history in the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, and in 1848 was appointed assistant in the department of geology and mineralogy in the British Museum.