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Thomas Wood

d. 1826

A Methodist preacher and devotional writer from Whitby, he published practical religious works shaped by evangelical faith and pastoral experience. His books were meant to encourage ordinary readers in daily Christian life rather than impress them with lofty style.

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The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion

The Mosaic History of the Creation of the World Illustrated by Discoveries and Experiments Derived from the Present Enlightened State of Science; With Reflections, Intended to Promote Vital and Practical Religion

by Thomas Wood

About the author

Born in 1765 and baptized at Flixton near Manchester, Thomas Wood later became a Wesleyan Methodist itinerant minister. Bibliographic records connect him especially with Whitby and describe him as an author whose career grew out of preaching, conversion-focused ministry, and religious instruction.

Wood wrote devotional and biographical works, including a memoir of James H. Wood, a young surgeon from Blackburn. The surviving records suggest that his books were grounded in Methodist belief and aimed at spiritual encouragement, moral reflection, and practical piety.

He died in 1826. Although he is not widely remembered today, the works associated with him show the kind of local, earnest religious writing that helped shape everyday reading culture in early nineteenth-century Britain.