| Authorised form of name | Woodcroft; Bennet (1803 - 1879) |
| Dates | 1803 - 1879 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Heaton Norris, Lancashire, England |
| Date of birth | 29 December 1803 |
| Place of death | His home, Redcliffe Gardens, South Kensington, London |
| Date of death | 07 February 1879 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Brompton Cemetery, London |
| Activity | Career:
Superintendent, Great Seal Patent Office; Professor of Machinery, University College, London
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1859 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1879 vol 29 pp xxxii-xxxiv
Notes:
Joshua Field signed under General Knowledge, but this crossed out |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/30318339 |
| Code | NA1143 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1859/14 | Woodcroft, Bennet: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/7/12 | Letter from B [Bennet] Woodcroft, Great Seal Patent Office, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 3 February 1864 |
| MC/7/145 | Letter from B [Bennet] Woodcroft, Patent Office 25 Southampton Buildings, to W [Walter] White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 28 November 1864 |
| MC/7 | Volume 7 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1864-1866 |
| MC/8/96 | Letter from B [Bennet] Woodcroft, Patent Office, to W [Walter] White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society | 25 October 1867 |
| MC/8/169 | Letter from B [Bennet] Woodcroft, Clerk to the Commissioners of Patents, Patent Office, to the Secretary of the Royal Society | 8 April 1868 |
| MC/8/178 | Letter from B [Bennet] Woodcroft, Patent Office, to W [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 22 April 1868 |
| MC/8/179 | Letter from B [Bennet] Woodcroft, Patent Office, to W [William] Sharpey, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 28 April 1868 |
| MC/10/450 | Letter from B [Bennet] Woodcroft, The Royal Society, Burlington House, to Walter White, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 28 September 1876 |
| MC/10 | Volume 10 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | July 1873-1876 |
| MC/8 | Volume 8 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1867-1869 |