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Authorised form of nameWood; William (1774 - 1857)
Dates1774 - 1857
NationalityBritish
Place of birthKendal, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England
Date of birth1774
Place of deathRuislip, Middlesex
Date of death26 or 28 May 1857
OccupationBookseller; Surgeon
Research fieldNatural history
ActivityEducation:
St Bartholomew's Hospital, London
Career:
Practised as a surgeon at Wingham, near Canterbury; became interested in natural history; practised in London (1801-1815); started business as a bookseller of natural history subjects (retired 1840); retired to Ruislip, Middlesex; edited Buffon's 'Natural History' (1812)
Memberships:
FLS
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election24/12/1812
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Notes:
GM gives death date as 28 May 1857
Virtual International Authority Filehttp://viaf.org/viaf/67986161
CodeNA3280
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1812/17Wood, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
MC/1/68Letter from William Wood, Strand, to the Royal Society28 March 1821
MC/3/307Letter from William Wood, 39 Tavistock Street, to John David Roberton, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]26 October 1843
MC/1Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society1800-1831
AP/33/3/1Unpublished manuscript, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what signs of current force are manipulated during the organic process of nutrition (assimilation) in living animals - part III' by Henry Foster Baxter1852
AP/33/6/1Unpublished manuscript, 'On the dentate body of the cerebellum' by William Brinton20 May 1852
AP/33/6Unpublished paper, 'On the dentate body of the cerebellum' by William Brinton20 May 1852
AP/33/3/2Unpublished manuscript, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what signs of current force are manifested during the organic process of absorption (lacteal) in living animals - part II' by Henry Foster Baxter1852
AP/33/3Unpublished papers, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what signs of current force are manipulated during the organic process of nutrition (assimilation) in living animals - part III' and 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what signs of current force are manifested during the organic process of absorption (lacteal) in living animals - part II' by Henry Foster Baxter1852
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