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Authorised form of nameWood; Nicholas (1795 - 1865)
Dates1795 - 1865
NationalityBritish
Place of birthAt the farm of Daniel Sourmires in the parish of Ryton, County Durham, England
Date of birth24 April 1795
Place of death49 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, London
Date of death19 December 1865
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Hetton Churchyard, Durham
OccupationEngineer
Research fieldGeology
ActivityCareer:
Learned the role of Colliery Viewer at Killingworth Colliery; made a drawing of the first miner's safety lamp invented by George Stephenson, with whom he worked; moved to Hetton Hall Mine, Durham (1844)
Memberships:
North of England Institute of Mining Engineers (President)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election02/06/1864
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP)
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1867-1868 vol 16 pp lxi-lxiii
CodeNA1270
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1864/16Wood, Nicholas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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