Authorised form of name | Wood; William (1774 - 1857) |
Dates | 1774 - 1857 |
Nationality | British |
Place of birth | Kendal, South Lakeland, Cumbria, England |
Date of birth | 1774 |
Place of death | Ruislip, Middlesex |
Date of death | 26 or 28 May 1857 |
Occupation | Bookseller; Surgeon |
Research field | Natural history |
Activity | Education: 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
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Membership category | Fellow |
Date of election | 24/12/1812 |
Source | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB Notes: GM gives death date as 28 May 1857 |
Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/67986161 |
Code | NA3280 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNo | Title | Date |
EC/1812/17 | Wood, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
MC/1/68 | Letter from William Wood, Strand, to the Royal Society | 28 March 1821 |
MC/3/307 | Letter from William Wood, 39 Tavistock Street, to John David Roberton, [Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society] | 26 October 1843 |
MC/1 | Volume 1 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1800-1831 |
AP/33/3/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what signs of current force are manipulated during the organic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 Baxter | 1852 |
AP/33/6/1 | Unpublished manuscript, 'On the dentate body of the cerebellum' by William Brinton | 20 May 1852 |
AP/33/6 | Unpublished paper, 'On the dentate body of the cerebellum' by William Brinton | 20 May 1852 |
AP/33/3/2 | Unpublished manuscript, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what signs of current force are manifested during the organic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 Baxter | 1852 |
AP/33/3 | Unpublished papers, 'An experimental inquiry undertaken with the view of ascertaining whether any and what signs of current force are manipulated during the organic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 Baxter | 1852 |