William Wood
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- William Wood, 1st Baron HatherleyWilliam Wood, 1st Baron HatherleyWilliam Page Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley PC, QC was a British lawyer and statesman who served as a Liberal Lord Chancellor between 1868 and 1872 in William Ewart Gladstone's first ministry.-Background and education:...
(1801–1881), British statesman - William Wood (athlete)William Wood (athlete)William Henry Wood was a British track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics for Canada. He finished fifth in the Men's Marathon. He was born in Plymouth, England and died in London, Ontario....
(1881–1940), Canadian track and field athlete - William Wood (Australian politician)William Wood (Australian politician)William Herbert Wood was an Australian politician.Born at Wallhollow, Victoria, to storekeeper Henry Gibson Wood, he attended schools in Victoria and Sydney before completing his secondary education at Sydney Grammar School and studying law at the University of Sydney. He entered his father's...
(1869–1953) - William Wood (botanist)William Wood (botanist)William Wood was an English Unitarian minister and botanist who was involved in efforts to remedy the political and educational disabilities of Nonconformists under the Test Acts.-Life:...
(1745–1808), English Unitarian clergman, botanist and activist - William Wood (footballer born 1900), footballer who played for Aberdare Athletic and Stoke
- William Wood (footballer born 1910)William Wood (footballer born 1910)William H. Wood was an English professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his career with Football League Second Division side Burnley, and was promoted to the senior team at the start of the 1930–31 season. Wood made his competitive debut for the club on 3 January 1931 in the 3–2...
, English professional footballer who played as a defender - William Wood (historian), Canadian historian
- William Wood (ironmaster) (1671–1730), British ironmaster, best known for a notorious issue of Irish coins and the 'Rosa Americana' British America coins
- William Wood (MP for Pontefract), British Member of Parliament for PontefractPontefract (UK Parliament constituency)Pontefract was an English parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1621 until 1885, and one member from 1885 to 1974.-In the unreformed...
- William Wood (New Zealand)William Wood (New Zealand)William Wood was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1866 to 1870, when he retired, and then the Mataura electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned....
(1827–1884), New Zealand politician from Invercargill & Mataura - William Wood (rower)William Wood (rower)William Wood was a Canadian rower who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.In 1924 he won the silver medal as crew member of the Canadian boat in the coxless fours event.-External links:**...
(1899–1969), Canadian rower and Olympic silver medalist - William Wood (Texas politician), member of the Twentieth Texas LegislatureTwentieth Texas LegislatureThe Twentieth Texas Legislature met from 11 January to 4 April 1887 in regular session, and from 16 April to 15 May 1888 in a called session. All members of the House of Representatives and a portion of the members of the Senate were elected in the 1886 General Election.-Sessions:* 20th Regular...
- William Wood (U.S. Army officer) (1961–2005)
- William Wood (wrestler)William Wood (wrestler)William Wood was a British wrestler who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.In 1908, at the 1908 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the freestyle wrestling lightweight class.-External links:*...
(born 1888), British wrestler - William Wood (zoologist)William Wood (zoologist)William Wood , was an English zoologist and entomologist. William Wood trained as a surgeon but left the medical profession to become a natural history bookseller, publisher and naturalist....
(1774–1857), English entomologist - William Aaron WoodsWilliam Aaron WoodsWilliam A. Woods , generally known as Bill Woods, is a researcher in natural language processing, continuous speech understanding, knowledge representation, and knowledge-based search technology...
(born 1942), researcher in natural language processing - William Braucher WoodWilliam Braucher WoodWilliam Braucher Wood was the former Ambassador from the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. His term of appointment began April 16, 2007, which replaced the former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Ronald E. Neumann.William B...
(born 1950), US diplomat - William Bruce WoodWilliam Bruce WoodWilliam Bruce Wood was a manufacturer and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Brant North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member from 1886 to 1895....
(1848–1928), Canadian manufacturer and political figure - William H. WoodWilliam H. Wood-External links:...
(c. 1900–1988), college football coach - William Halsey WoodWilliam Halsey WoodWilliam Halsey Wood was an American architect, born at the Village of Dansville, New York on April 24, 1855. He died at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 13, 1897.-Early life:...
(1855–1897), American architect - William Henry WoodWilliam Henry WoodWilliam Henry Wood was a British trade union leader.Wood was a compositor, and became the Secretary of the Manchester Typographical Society. In 1864, he was elected as the first Secretary of the Manchester and Salford Trades Council....
, British trade unionist - William J. WoodWilliam J. WoodWilliam J. Wood - Canadian painter, etcher Wood was a close friend of several members of the Group of Seven: Arthur Lismer and A.Y. Jackson. In 1923 at one exhibition Wood is listed as a member of the Group of Seven, replacing Franz Johnston. Much of his work depicts Midland, Ontario, his hometown...
(1877–1954), Canadian painter and etcher - William Madison WoodWilliam Madison WoodWilliam M. Wood was a textile mill owner of Lawrence, Massachusetts who was considered to be an expert in efficiency. He made a good deal of his fortune through being hired by mill owners to turn around failing mills and was disliked by organized labor.- Early life :William Wood was born in 1858...
(1858–1926), mill owner from Massachusetts - William Maxwell Wood (1809–1880), United States Navy officer and surgeon, first Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy
- William McKenzie Wood, former Canadian ambassador to Israel
- William P. WoodWilliam P. WoodWilliam Patrick Wood was the first Director of the United States Secret Service. He was the son of James Wood and Margaret Turner....
(1820–1903), first Director of the United States Secret Service - William R. Wood (Indiana)William R. Wood (Indiana)William Robert Wood was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born in Oxford, Indiana, Wood attended the public schools of Oxford. Then he went on to college and eventually graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1882. He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced...
(1861–1933), U.S. Representative from Indiana - William Ransom WoodWilliam Ransom WoodWilliam Ransom Wood was an influential figure in the history of the University of Alaska and of Fairbanks, Alaska....
(1907–2001), president of the University of Alaska, 1960–1973 - William Robertson WoodWilliam Robertson WoodThe Reverend William Robertson Wood was a Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1915 to 1920, as a member of the Liberal Party....
(born 1874), Presbyterian minister and politician in Manitoba, Canada - William Thomas WoodWilliam Thomas WoodWilliam Thomas Wood was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.Wood was active in local body politics. He was elected councillor on the Palmerston North Borough in 1884, 1885–1887, 1892–1895 and again in 1901...
(1854–1923), New Zealand politician - William Valentine WoodWilliam Valentine WoodWilliam Valentine Wood worked for much of his life on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway , rising to become its President. He was known for his ability with numbers.-Biography:...
(1883–1959), President of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1941–1947 - William W. WoodWilliam W. WoodEngineer in Chief William W. W. Wood was chief of the United States Navy Bureau of Steam Engineering 1873-77.-Career:Wood was born in North Carolina, but was appointed to the navy from New York on 15 March 1845 with the rank of chief engineer. He spent his first two years in the navy stationed at...
(died 1882), former head of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, 1873–1877
See also
- Bill Wood (disambiguation)
- Willie Wood (disambiguation)
- William Woods (disambiguation)