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Darwin Correspondence Project

John Wood

1868–1961

Physician. Studied at King’s College London. MRCS, 1893. Resident, Royal Free Hospital. Practised in Folkestone, 1894–8. Associate, King’s College London, 1898–9. Surgeon, Victoria Cottage Hospital, Deal and Walmer, from 1900. Son of John Wood (1825–91) and his second wife Emma Knox (née Ware).

Sources

Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/138/100/12)

England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1995 (Ancestry.com, accessed 25 June 2020)

Medical directory

Bibliography

Medical directory: The London medical directory … every physician, surgeon, and general practitioner resident in London. London: C. Mitchell. 1845. The London and provincial medical directory. London: John Churchill. 1848–60. The London & provincial medical directory, inclusive of the medical directory for Scotland, and the medical directory for Ireland, and general medical register. London: John Churchill. 1861–9. The medical directory … including the London and provincial medical directory, the medical directory for Scotland, the medical directory for Ireland. London: J. & A. Churchill. 1870–1905.

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