Henry Moses Wood (1788–28 September 1867) was an architect based in

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Career

He studied in the practice of Edward Staveley, and continued the business after Staveley's death in 1837. One of his pupils, William Booker established himself as an architect and surveyor in Nottingham. In 1831, jointly with Edward Staveley, he produced a detailed plan and map of Nottingham and its suburbs. In 1835-1836 he was

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. He was manager of the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Fire and Life Assurance Company. His son succeeded him in this business. In 1811, he married a Miss Wilson of

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and they had 11 children. He died in Buxton, Derbyshire on 28 September 1867. His son,

Henry Walter Wood Henry Walter Wood (ca. 1825 - 3 September 1869) was an English architect based in Nottingham. Career He was born around 1825 in Nottingham, the son of architect and surveyor Henry Moses Wood. He trained as an architect in his father's practice. ...

, continued his practice in Nottingham after his death. His other son, Arthur Augustus Wood, was a playwright.

Buildings and work

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wood, Henry Moses 19th-century English architects 1788 births 1867 deaths Sheriffs of Nottingham Architects from Nottingham