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William Wood (botanist)
William Wood (29 May 1745 – 1 April 1808) was an English Unitarian minister and botanist who was involved in efforts to remedy the political and educational disabilities of Nonconformists under the Test Acts.
==Life==
Wood was born in Collingtree, near Northampton. His father was Benjamin Wood, who attended the services of Philip Doddridge. Wood was educated at Stephen Addington's school at Market Harborough, Leicestershire, then from 1761, studied for the ministry under David Jennings, Samuel Morton Savage, Andrew Kippis, and Abraham Rees.〔Wykes (2004)〕
Wood's first sermon] was preached at Debenham, Suffolk in 1766 and he became minister at Stamford, Lincolnshire the following year. He subsequently preached all over London. Wood and Rees were both ordained in Southwark. Wood served for a while in Ipswich as assistant to Thomas Scott before, in 1773, succeeding Joseph Priestley at Mill Hill Chapel in Leeds, on the recommendation of Priestley himself and Richard Price, the latter having become a close friend.〔
He would remain in post in Leeds until his death from inflammation of the bowel. He was buried in Mill Hill Chapel yard.〔〔Charles Wellbeloved; ''Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the late Rev. W. Wood ... To which are subjoined an address delivered at his interment ... and a sermon, on ... his death'', &c; Leeds, 1809.〕
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