Электронная книга: John George Wood «Bible Animals»

Bible Animals

Издательство: "Public Domain"

электронная книга

Скачать бесплатно на Litres

Другие книги автора:

КнигаОписаниеГодЦенаТип книги
Story of the Bible Animals — Public Domain, электронная книга Подробнее...электронная книга
Nature's Teachings — Public Domain, электронная книга Подробнее...электронная книга
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers — Public Domain, электронная книга Подробнее...электронная книга
Common Objects of the Microscope — Public Domain, электронная книга Подробнее...электронная книга
The Common Objects of the Country — Public Domain, электронная книга Подробнее...электронная книга

John George Wood

John George Wood, or Rev J. G. Wood, (July 21, 1827–March 3, 1889), was a popular English writer on natural history.

Wood was born in London, son of surgeon John Freeman Wood and Juliana Lisetta, and educated at home, at Ashbourne grammar school and Merton College, Oxford (B.A., 1848, M.A., 1851); also at Christ Church, where he worked for some time in the anatomical museum under Sir Henry Acland. In 1852 he became curate of the parish of St Thomas the Martyr, Oxford, and in 1854 was ordained priest; he also took up the post of chaplain to the Boatmen's Floating Chapel at Oxford. Among other benefices which he held was for a time chaplain to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. In 1878 Wood settled in Upper Norwood, where he lived until his death.

In 1854, he gave up his curacy to devote himself for a time to literary work. In 1858 he accepted a readership at Christ Church, Newgate Street, and he was assistant-chaplain to St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, from 1856 until 1862. Between 1868 and 1876 he held the office of precentor to the Canterbury Diocesan Choral Union. After 1876 he devoted himself to the production of books and to delivering in all parts of the country lectures on zoology, which he illustrated by drawing on a black-board or on large sheets of white paper with coloured crayons. These "sketch lectures," as he called them, were very popular, and made his name widely known both in Great Britain and in the United States.

Wood gave occasional lectures from 1856. In 1879, however, he began lecturing as a second profession, and continued to lecture steadily until 1888 both in the United Kingdom and abroad. He delivered the Lowell Lectures in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1883-4.

He was a very prolific writer on natural history, though rather as a populariser than as a scientific investigator, and was in this way very successful. For example, his book "Common objects of the country" sold 100,000 copies in a week. Among his numerous works may be mentioned "Illustrated Natural History" (1853), "Animal Traits and Characteristics" (1860), "Common Objects of the Sea Shore" (1857), "Out of Doors" (1874), "Field Naturalist's Handbook" (with T. Wood) (1879-80), books on gymnastics, sport, etc., and an edition of White's "Selborne". He was also editor of "The Boys Own Magazine".

He died at Coventry on the 3rd of March 1889.

References

*A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature
*1911

External links

* [http://www.hps.cam.ac.uk/library/wood.html Whipple Library, Cambridge University]

Источник: John George Wood

См. также в других словарях:

  • Animals in the Bible — • The sacred books were composed by and for a people almost exclusively given to husbandry and pastoral life, hence in constant communication with nature Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animals in the Bible     Anima …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE AND TALMUD — ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE AND TALMUD. Although no basic changes have occurred in the faunistic composition of Ereẓ Israel since biblical times, an examination of the names of the animals mentioned in the Bible and in talmudic literature reveals that a …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • ANIMALS, CRUELTY TO — (Heb. צַעַר בַּעֲלֵי חַיִּים, ẓa ar ba alei ḥayyim; lit. pain of living things ). Moral and legal rules concerning the treatment of animals are based on the principle that animals are part of God s creation toward which man bears responsibility.… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Animals in Christian Art — • Animal forms have always occupied a place of far greater importance than was ever accorded to them in the art of the pagan world Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Animals in Christian Art     Animals in Christian …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • BIBLE — THE CANON, TEXT, AND EDITIONS canon general titles the canon the significance of the canon the process of canonization contents and titles of the books the tripartite canon …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Animals in the Bible — Articleissues unreferenced = January 2008 cleanup = January 2008 OR = March 2008The Bible names over 120 species of animals but, as it is not a book of science, does not offer any kind of biological classification. The sacred books were composed… …   Wikipedia

Поделиться ссылкой на выделенное

Прямая ссылка:
Нажмите правой клавишей мыши и выберите «Копировать ссылку»