John Henry Wood

Deceased Person

1841 – 1914

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Who was John Henry Wood?

John Henry Wood was an English entomologist.

Wood was a physician, practising in Tarrington, Herefordshire. He wrote 45 scientific papers on Microlepidoptera and, later Diptera and described several new species including Coleophora glaucicolella, Coleophora sylvaticella and Stigmella confusella . The description of Stigmella confusella was a collaboration with his friend Thomas de Grey, 6th Baron Walsingham.

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Born
Apr 14, 1841
Died
Aug 29, 1914

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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