Charles Hood
1805–89
Chemist. Inherited his father’s iron foundery in Blackfriars, London, and continued the business. Published on practical chemistry. Helped establish the British Home for Incurables. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1833. FRS 1843.
Sources
G. C. Cook 2006, p. 19
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 50 (1890): 164–5
Record of the Royal Society of London
Bibliography
Cook, Gordon Charles. 2006. The incurables movement: an illustrated history of the British home. Oxford: Radcliffe Publishing.
Record of the Royal Society of London: The record of the Royal Society of London for the promotion of natural knowledge. 4th edition. London: Royal Society. 1940.
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