Wood, W. 1774-1857
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Name (Latin)
Wood, W. 1774-1857
Other forms of name
nna Wood, William, 1774-1857
Date of birth
1774
Date of death
1857-05-28
Associated country
Great Britain
Field of activity
Booksellers and bookselling
Book industries and trade
Natural history
Zoology
medicine discipline
Occupation
Booksellers and bookselling
Naturalists
Surgeons
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- LCCN 06-13586: His Zoography, 1807(hdg.: Wood, W[illiam] 1774-1857; usage: W. Wood)
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Wikipedia description:
William Wood FRS FLS (1774–1857), was an English surgeon, zoologist and entomologist. He was born in Kendal, Westmorland and trained in surgery at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He practised for several years as a surgeon at Wingham, near Canterbury and in London, but left the medical profession to become a natural history bookseller, publisher and naturalist. He was the author of several natural history books, especially on the Mollusca. He was also a Fellow of the Royal Society (elected 1812) and a Fellow of the Linnean Society. He died in Ruislip, Middlesex.
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