Wood, John George

Church of England; b. in London, July 21, 1827; educated at Ash bourne Grammar School; entered Merton College, Oxford, 1844; elected Jackson's scholar, 1845; graduated B.A. 1848, M.A. 1851; attached to anatomical museum for two years; ordained deacon 1852, priest 1854; was curate of St. Thomas's, Oxford, 1852-54; a istant chaplain to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London, 1856-62; reader at Christ Church, New gate Street, London, 1858-62; elector precentor of the Canterbury Diocesan Choral Union, 1858; resigned, 1876. He was a ociate commi ioner (educational department) International Exhibition, Paris, 1867. In 1880 he began to deliver sketch-lectures on natural history, illustrated by colored pastel drawings, executed before the audience, upon a large sheet of canvas; in Oc 253 tober or November, 1883, delivered the opening course of the Lowell Lectures in Boston, Ma .; subsequently delivered many sketch lectures in America during 1884 and 1885. He is the author of Natural History, London, 1852; Anecdotes of Animal Life, 1854-55, 2 vols.; My Feathered Friends, 1857; Common Objects of the Seashore, 1857; Common Objects of the Country, 1858; Illustrated Natural History, 1856-63, 3 vols.; Glimpses into Pet-land, 1863; Homes without Hands, 1865; Bible Animals, 1869; Insects at Home, 1871 Insects Abroad, 1874; Man and Beast, 1874-75, 2 vols.; Pet-land Revisited, 1884; Old and New Testament Histories for Schools, 1864; Nature's Teachings, 1876; Graduated Natural-History Readers for Schools, 5 vols.; Man and his Handiwork,; Horse and Man, 1885, etc. (Most of these works are being continually reprinted, the number of editions not being specified.)