Case file
Loan 96 RLF 1/1982
Reverend John George Wood (pseudonym: George Forrest), Mrs Jane Eleanor Wood, his widow, and Misses Amy Wood, Winifred Wood, Eleanor Wood and Violet Wood, their daughters
Reverend John George Wood
Applications
3 (3 successful)
Date period
22 Dec 1875-15 Apr 1889
Awards
- 22 Dec 1875 (£125)
- 2 Jun 1877 (£50)
- 16 Mar 1889 (£100 - to Jane Eleanor Wood; also £200 - to Amy Wood
- Winifred Wood
- Eleanor Wood and Violet Wood)
Other author name(s)
(pseudonym) George Forrest Forrest
Author's career
- M.A. from Merton College Oxford
- Chaplain at St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1856-1862
- Reader at Christ Church Greyfriars
- Fellow of the Linnean Society
- Awarded a Civil List pension in 1875
Author's works published
Scientific : Natural History; also History, Non-Fiction, Topography, Sport, Editions, Journalism
Also named in file
Miss Amy Wood (dependent)
Eleanor Wood (dependent)
Mrs Jane Eleanor Wood (dependent)
Violet Wood (dependent)
Winifred Wood (dependent)
More information
Timeline
1875
Application Form, John George Wood
22 Dec 1875
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John George Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 Dec 1875
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James Hain Friswell to the Committee of the Literary Fund
22 Dec 1875
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William Francis Cowper-Temple, Baron Mount-Temple, to the Committee of the Literary Fund
28 Dec 1875
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John Lubbock to Octavian Blewitt
28 Dec 1875
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Newton Crosland to Octavian Blewitt
29 Dec 1875
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1876
Receipt, signed John George Wood [misdated 1875]
13 Jan 1876
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John George Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
14 Jan 1876
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Algernon Turnor, at 10 Downing Street, to Octavian Blewitt, enquiring about John George Wood
6 Jun 1876
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Newton Crosland to Octavian Blewitt, informing him of the pension awarded to John George Wood
18 Jun 1876
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1877
Application Form, John George Wood
2 Jun 1877
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John George Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Jun 1877
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A Lyons Hall to the Committee of the Literary Fund
30 May 1877
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D French to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Jun 1877
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F Petrie, of the Victorian Institute) to the Committee of the Literary Fund
2 Jun 1877
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Edward Parry, Bishop of Dover, to Octavian Blewitt
2 Jun 1877
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Edwin Arnold to the Committee of the Literary Fund
4 Jun 1877
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John George Wood to Octavian Blewitt, with clipping from the Daily News on the promotion of special religious services in mission rooms
6 Jun 1877
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John Lubbock to Octavian Blewitt
6 Jun 1877
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Jane Eleanor Wood to Octavian Blewitt
11 Jun 1877
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John George Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
15 Jun 1877
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Schedule of payments to John George Wood, most signed for by Jane Eleanor Wood
14 Jun 1877-15 Nov 1877
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1889
Application Form, Jane Eleanor Wood
16 Mar 1889
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Jane Eleanor Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
16 Mar 1889
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Frederick Waymouth Gibbs to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
12 Mar 1889
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Alfred Whitehead to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
14 Mar 1889
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Alfred Whitehead to the Committee of the Literary Fund
16 Mar 1889
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Newton Crosland to the Committee of the Literary Fund
19 Mar 1889
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Jane Eleanor Wood to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
4 Apr 1889
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Receipt, signed Jane Eleanor Wood
12 Apr 1889
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Receipt, signed Amy Wood, Winifred Wood, Eleanor Wood and Violet Wood
12 Apr 1889
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Jane Eleanor Wood to the Committee of the Literary Fund
12 Apr 1889
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Jane Eleanor Wood to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
12 Apr 1889
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Alfred Whitehead to Arthur Llewelyn Roberts
15 Apr 1889
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