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Henry George Woods
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or "HENRY GEORGE WOODS (1842-1915), English divine, was born at Woodend, Northants., June 16 1842. He was educated at Lancing and at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he had a distinguished career. In 1865 he became a fellow of Trinity, and in 1866 was ordained. He was a tutor at Trinity from 1866 to 1880, and bursar from 1867 to 1887, in which year he was elected president of Trinity. He resigned the presidency of Trinity in 1897, and from 1900 to 1904 was rector of Little Gaddesden, Herts, and chaplain and librarian to Lord Brownlow at Ashridge Park. In 1905 he succeeded Ainger as Master of the Temple. He died at the Master's House, Temple, July 19 1915.
His wife, Margaret Louisa Woods (b. Nov. 20 1856), poet and novelist, was married to him in 1879. Her first novel, A Village Tragedy, appeared in 1887, and her first volume of verse, Lyrics and Ballads, in 1889. Later novels included Esther Vanhomrigh (1891); The Vagabonds (1894); Sons of the Sword (1901), and The Invader (1907). In The Princess of Hanover (1902) she essayed historical drama. In 1913 her Collected Poems were published.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Henry George Woods'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/h/henry-george-woods.html. 1910.
