- George William Wood
George William Wood (1781- October 1843) cite web | author=Rayment, L. | title=The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with 'L' | url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/kcommons1.htm | work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page | year=2006 | accessdate=2007-08-16 }] cite web | author=Rayment, L. | title=The House of Commons Constituencies beginning with 'K' | url=http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/kcommons1.htm | work=Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page | year=2007 | accessdate=2007-08-16 }] was an English
businessman ,Member of Parliament and leading member ofcivil society inManchester .Life
George was born in
Leeds , the son of William Wood aUnitarian minister who wasJoseph Priestley 's successor at the Mill Hill Chapel, an amateurbotanist and a campaigner against theTest Act s. His mother was Louisa Ann "née" Oates, the daughter of a wealthy Leeds family.Wykes (2004)]George moved to Manchester around 1801 and became a prominent businessman there but, as a memorial in the Upper Brook Street Chapel cited, "having early in life engaged in commercial pursuits ... he quittedsic|? the pursuits of wealth for the nobler objects of public usefulness." He was member of parliament for Lancashire South from 1832 to 1835, and for Kendal from 1837 until his death. He was a prime mover in the establishment of both the
Royal Manchester Institution and theManchester Mechanics' Institute .Kargon (1977) "p."19]He died suddenly of a
stroke at a meeting of theManchester Literary and Philosophical Society . ["The Times ", 7 October 1843]Honours and offices
*Fellow of the
Linnaean Society ;
*Fellow of theGeological Society ;
*Vice-president of theManchester Literary and Philosophical Society .References
Bibliography
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* cite book | author=Kargon, R. H. | title=Science in Victorian Manchester: Enterprise and Expertise | location=Baltimore | publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press | year=1977 | id=ISBN 0-8018-1969-5
*Wykes, C. L. (2004) " [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/29899 Wood, William (1745–1808)] ", "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ", Oxford University Press, accessed 16 Aug 2007 (subscription required)
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