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J. G. (John George) Wood
1827–1889
A Victorian clergyman who helped make natural history exciting for ordinary readers, he turned animals, insects, and everyday observation into lively reading. His books brought science out of the lecture hall and into homes, schools, and young imaginations.
8 Audiobooks
Nature's Teachings: Human Invention Anticipated by Nature
by J. G. (John George) Wood
Story of the Bible Animals A Description of the Habits and Uses of every living Creature mentioned in the Scriptures, with Explanation of Passages in the Old and New Testament in which Reference is made to them
by J. G. (John George) Wood
Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.
by J. G. (John George) Wood
The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; vol. 2 of 2 Being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics
by J. G. (John George) Wood
The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; vol. 1 of 2 Being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics
by J. G. (John George) Wood
Common objects of the microscope
by J. G. (John George) Wood
Bible animals : being a description of every living creature mentioned in the Scripture, from the ape to the coral.
by J. G. (John George) Wood
The Common Objects of the Country
by J. G. (John George) Wood
About the author
Born in London on July 21, 1827, John George Wood was educated at Ashbourne Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford. After taking his degree in 1848, he worked for a time in the anatomical museum at Christ Church under Sir Henry Acland before becoming an Anglican clergyman.
He became widely known as Reverend J. G. Wood, a prolific English writer and lecturer who popularized natural history for general readers. Rather than writing only for specialists, he explained animals and the natural world in an accessible, engaging way that appealed to families and young readers as well as adults.
Wood wrote many successful books on natural history and gave lectures that helped build his reputation as one of the best-known popular nature writers of the Victorian period. He died on March 3, 1889, but his work remained influential, and his son Theodore Wood also became a naturalist and writer.