Person Wood; Nicholas (1795 - 1865) Wood Nicholas 1795 - 1865 British Male At the farm of Daniel Sourmires in the parish of Ryton, County Durham, England 24 April 1795 49 Sussex Gardens, Hyde Park, London 19 December 1865 Burial: Hetton Churchyard, Durham

Hetton Hall, Durham (1863)

Engineer Geology Career: 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) Fellow 02/06/1864 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP) Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1867-1868 vol 16 pp lxi-lxiii International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 24 Apr 1795 - 19 Dec 1865 NA1270 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes eed0a802-da5b-4763-9b4a-0f6f20de80d2