George William Wood

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English George William Wood (21 July 1781 – 3 October 1843)^[1]^[2] was an English businessman, Member of Parliament and leading member of civil society in Manchester.

Life

George William Wood was born in Leeds, the son of William Wood, a Unitarian minister who was Joseph Priestley's successor at the Mill Hill Chapel, amateur botanist and campaigner against the Test Acts. His mother was Louisa Ann née Oates, the daughter of a wealthy Leeds family.^[3]

Wood moved to Manchester around 1801 and was elected to membership of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society on 24 April 1807.^[4] He 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 quitted [sic] the pursuits of wealth for the nobler objects of public usefulness."^[5] He was member of parliament for Lancashire South from 1832 to 1835,^[1] and for Kendal from 1837 until his death.^[2] He was a prime mover in the establishment of both the Royal Manchester Institution and the Manchester Mechanics' Institute,^[5] and was one of the two inaugural vice-presidents of the Manchester Athenaeum.^[6]

He died suddenly of a stroke at a meeting of the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society and was buried at the Upper Brook Street Chapel.^[7]

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↑ Wykes (2004)
↑ Complete List of the Members & Officers of the Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society. From its institution on February 28th 1781 to April, 1896.
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kargon (1977) p.19
↑ Kargon (1977) p.171
↑ The Times, 7 October 1843

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Wykes, D. L. (2004) "Wood, William (1745–1808)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. Retrieved 16 August 2007 (subscription required)

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