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George Wood (educator)
George Wood may refer to: Military * George Adam Wood (1767–1831), British Army officer of the Napoleonic Era * George Wood (British Army officer) (1898–1982), during World War II * Pseudonym for Fritz Kolbe (1900–1971), German spy for the U.S. during World War II Politics * George Wood (died 1558), MP for Flintshire * George Wood (judge) (1743–1824), English lawyer and politician * George William Wood (1781–1843), English businessman and MP * George Tyler Wood (1795–1858), governor of Texas * George W. Wood (1808–1871), U.S. politician * George Wood (Canadian politician) (1888–1966), member of Parliament, Brant, Ontario * George Wood (New Zealand politician) (born 1946), former mayor of North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand Religion * George Ingersoll Wood (1814–1899), American clergyman * George O. Wood (1941-2022), former General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God * George Warren Wood (1814-1901), Presbyterian minister and missionary Sports * George ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Adam Wood
Major-General Sir George Adam Wood Order of the Bath, CB Order of St. Vladimir, K.St.V Royal Guelphic Order, KCH Military Order of Maria Theresa, KMT (176722 April 1831) was a British Army officer who served in the Peninsular War and fought at the Battle of Waterloo on 18June 1815. Biography He was born the son of Lieutenant Adam Wood (d. 1773), who served with Captain Coote's Independent Company of Foot based at Landguard Fort, and Francis (d. 2January 1822). After passing through the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, London, he received a commission as second lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 24May 1781. His further commissions were dated: lieutenant, 15May 1790; captain-lieutenant, 7January 1795; captain, 3December 1800; major, 24July 1806; lieutenant-colonel, 1February 1808; brevet (military), brevet colonel, 4June 1814; regimental colonel, 11May 1820; major-general, 27May 1825. He served with the army under the Prince Frederick, Duke of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wood (Yorkshire Cricketer)
George William Wood (18 November 1862 – 4 December 1948) was an English first-class cricketer, who played two matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1895. Born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, Wood was a specialist wicket-keeper, who made his debut in a rain ruined against Sussex at Fartown, Huddersfield, where his batting was not called upon, and Yorkshire did not take the field. Batting at number eleven, he scored two runs and a duck and completed a stumping against Somerset ( en, All The People of Somerset) , locator_map = , coordinates = , region = South West England , established_date = Ancient , established_by = , preceded_by = , origin = , lord_lieutenant_office =Lord Lieutenant of Somerset , lord_ ... at Headingley, a low scoring match won by the home team by 103 runs. Wood died in Huddersfield, in December 1948, aged 86. References External linksCricinfo 1862 births 1948 deaths Yorkshire cricketers English cricketers Cricketers from Hud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Wood (railway Director)
George Henry Wood (born 1836) was an English railroad administrator. He served as secretary and later director of the Isle of Man Railway. He was named secretary of the Railway in 1870 upon its founding and took an active role in establishing the company, including the acquisition of permits for construction of the railway and land procurement. In 1875, Wood became director of the railway. Wood was born in Slaithwaite, Yorkshire, England, around 1836.''1881 Isle of Man Census'' Wood was honoured by having the tenth steam locomotive named after him in 1905; this locomotive is still in service today. His grave is in the churchyard at Onchan Onchan (; glv, Kione Droghad) is a village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with wh ... on the island. References British people in rail transport 1830s births Year of birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wood (Radio Sweden)
George MacClaren Wood III is an American journalist who has worked at Radio Sweden since 1975, He was born in Berkeley, California on August 10, 1949, and grew up in Piedmont, California. He has degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara and the University of California, Berkeley, and participated in the university's Education Abroad Program to Lund University in Sweden, 1969-1970. Radio Sweden George Wood began as a freelance reporter at Radio Sweden in 1975. Following the retirement of Arne Skoog in 1978 he told over the writing and presenting of the program Sweden Calling DXers and its successor MediaScan, until the latter was taken off the air in 2001. In 1994 MediaScan became the first radio program in Sweden and the second in Europe (the first in English) to have its audio posted on the Internet. He was Radio Sweden's Webmaster since Swedish Radio's first website launched in 1995, while also serving as a journalist for the Radio Swedish English Service. His wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wood (actor)
George Wood (born 16 October 1981 in Deal) is an English actor, singer, songwriter and composer, best known for his role of ''Ollie'' in the TV series ''I Dream''. Bio Wood speaks French (proficient) and Italian (conversational). He has also advanced football and contemporary dance skills. Television * ''I Dream'': ''Ollie'' (leading role, 2004) * '' The Dotted Line'': ''Mike'' (leading role, 2003) * '' Anythings Possible'': ''Christopher Dean'' (leading role, 1997) * ''Disney Club'': Main Presenter (1996–1997) * '' Road Hog'': Main Presenter (1996–1997) Filmography * '' Leonardo's Shadow'': ''Giacomo'' (leading role, 2006) * '' Annie: A Royal Adventure!'': ''Michael Webb'' (supporting role, 1995) Theater Writer * ''Cinderella'': ''Prince'' (Richmond Theatre, Richmond, 2007–2008) Actor * ''Deep Blue Sea'': ''Philip Welch'' (Vaudeville Theatre, 2008) * ''Cinderella'': ''Prince'' (Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes, 2006–2007) * ''The Wizard of O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wood (New Zealand Statistician)
Sir George Ernest Francis Wood (13 July 1900 – 18 December 1978) was a New Zealand economist and statistician. He served as government statistician in Palestine from 1938 to 1945, New Zealand government statistician from 1946 to 1958, and chair of the Consumer Council from 1959 to 1975. Wood chaired the United Nations Statistical Commission from 1958 to 1960, and was a director of the Reserve Bank between 1959 and 1963. Early life and family Born in Greymouth on 13 July 1900, Wood was the son of George Francis and Margaret Wood. He was educated at Greymouth District High School, and went on to study economics at Victoria University College, graduating Master of Arts with second-class honours in 1924. On 3 September 1928, Wood married Eileen Alice Oudaille, and the couple went on to have two children. Career Wood began his public service career in March 1918, working in the Police Department. He moved to the Office of Census and Statistics (later the Department of Statisti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wee Georgie Wood
George Wood Bamlett OBE (17 December 1895 – 19 February 1979), known professionally as Wee Georgie Wood, was a British comic entertainer and actor who appeared in films, plays and music hall revues. He had a lengthy career of over fifty years, based on exploiting the childlike appearance that he retained in adulthood. Biography He was born in Jarrow, County Durham, but within a few weeks of his birth moved to South Shields where his father owned a pawnbroker's shop.Richard Anthony Baker, ''British Music Hall: an illustrated history'', Pen & Sword, 2014, , pp.81-83 His parents were George Bamlett and Georgina, ''née'' Wood, who divorced in 1908 on account of his father's adultery. He had a form of dwarfism, as an adult reaching a height of , and retaining an unbroken voice. From the age of five, he started performing in concert parties as an entertainer, and at the age of 13 was still able to perform in the guise of a five-year-old. For much of his career he was guided an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Henry Wood (statistician)
George Henry Wood (1874-1945) was a labour statistician, who was a student of and worked with Arthur Bowley. Born in Bristol, he initially trained as an engineer. He was subsequently appointed to the statistical staff of the Labour Department of the Board of Trade. He resigned his post at the Labour Department in early 1908 to become Secretary for the Huddersfield and District Woollen Manufacturers and Spinners Association. In 1917 he became secretary to the Woolen and Worsted Trades Federation, a position he held until his death on 11 July 1945. During World War I, he worked in the War Office on statistical matters relating to wool; he acted as chief statistical officer to Wool Control in the Ministry of Supply in World War II. Bowley, A.L., and E. C. R. "George Henry Wood." Journal of the Royal Statistical Society 108, no. 3/4 (1945): 485-87. Accessed at https://www.jstor.org/stable/2981307 In 1910 he was awarded the Guy Medal in Silver of the Royal Statistical Society, and was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Herbert Wood
George Herbert Wood (February 17, 1867 – May 15, 1949) was a Canadian businessman who co-founded Wood Gundy and Company, stockbrokerage in Toronto, Ontario in 1905 with fellow former Dominion Securities employee James Henry Gundy. Early years Wood was born in Rock Ferry, England on February 17, 1867 and arrived in Canada as child with his family in 1874. After graduation Wood worked for his father George William Wood at Atlas Assurance Company before moving on to Dominion Securities. He retired from the business in 1930 and died at his home in Toronto in 1949. Personal In 1892 he married Maude Staveley (died 1929) and divided their time in Toronto and in England. Wood and his wife are buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. Legacy His name and that of Gundy lives in the retail investment arm of CIBC World Markets CIBC World Markets Inc. is the investment banking subsidiary of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. The firm operates as an investment bank both in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Arnold Wood
George Arnold Wood (7 June 1865 – 14 October 1928) was an English Australian historian notable for writing an early work on Australian history entitled ''The Discovery of Australia''. Wood was born at Salford, England; he was educated at Owens College, Manchester, where he graduated B.A., and afterwards at Balliol College, Oxford, where in 1886 he won the Brackenbury history scholarship and in 1889 the Stanhope history essay prize. In 1891 he became Challis professor of history at the University of Sydney and held this chair for the remainder of his life. Before coming to Australia his chief study had been in English and European history, but he soon developed an interest in the early days of Australia and did valuable research on this period. During the Boer War he incurred some unpopularity by advocating peace measures, but he was not a pacifist if he thought a cause a just one—only his age prevented him from enlisting during the First World War. In 1922 he published ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Bacon Wood
George Bacon Wood (March 13, 1797 – March 30, 1879) was an American physician, professor, and writer from Pennsylvania. A native of Greenwich, New Jersey, Wood was educated at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received his medical degree in 1818. Four years later he became professor of chemistry in the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and in 1821 took the chair of materia medica in the same institution, which he resigned in 1835 to accept the same branch in the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1850, having been continuously connected with the latter institution in the position mentioned, he was elected professor of the theory and practice of medicine in the same school, and upon his resigning, in 1860, he was unanimously appointed emeritus professor of the theory and practice of medicine. In 1863 he was made a member of the board of trustees of the university, and in 1865 he instituted and endowed the summer school with an auxiliary faculty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wood (gymnast)
George Wood (born 20 December 1999) is a British male acrobatic gymnast. With partners Connor Bartlett, Gareth Wood and Daniel Cook, Wood achieved silver in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships The 24th World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were held in Levallois-Perret, France at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan from July 10 to July 12, 2014. 21 countries took part in the competition. Medallists Results Women's Pairs The wo .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, George 1999 births Living people British acrobatic gymnasts Male acrobatic gymnasts Medalists at the Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships 21st-century British people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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