George Arnold Wood (June 7, 1865 - October 14, 1928) was an English Australian historian notable for writing an early work on Australian history entitled The Discovery of Australia. Events 1099 - The First Crusade: The Siege of Jerusalem begins Year 1865 ( MDCCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Wood was born at Salford, England; he was educated at Owens College, Manchester, where he graduated B. Salford lies at the heart of the City of Salford, a Metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, in North West England. A. , and afterwards at Balliol College, Oxford, where in 1886 he won the Brackenbury history scholarship and in 1889 the Stanhope history essay prize. Balliol College (ˈbeɪlɪəl founded in 1263 is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The Stanhope essay prize was an undergraduate history essay prize created at Balliol College Oxford by Philip Henry Stanhope 5th Earl Stanhope in 1855 In 1891 he became Challis professor of history at the University of Sydney and held this chair for the remainder of his life. The University of Sydney (informally Sydney Uni or USyd) is the oldest university in Australia Before coming to Australia his chief study had been in English and European history, but he soon developed an interest in the early days of Australia and did valuable research on this period.
During the Boer War he incurred some unpopularity by advocating peace measures, but he was not a pacifist if he thought a cause a just one--only his age prevented him from enlisting during the First World War. See also First Boer War,, South African Wars (1879-1915 The Second Boer War ( Dutch: Tweede Boerenoorlog, Afrikaans: In 1922 he published The Discovery of Australia. It was at once accepted as the standard work on the subject. His The Voyage of the "Endeavour", written for school children is also very good of its kind. He had hoped to write a history of Australia up to the deposition of Bligh, but it was never completed. Vice-Admiral William Bligh FRS RN (9 September 1754 – 7 December 1817 was an officer of the British Royal Navy and a colonial administrator Some of his preparatory work will be found in the admirable papers he contributed to the Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Historical Society, Sydney. He died at Sydney on 14 October 1928. He married Eleanor Madeline Whitfeld, who survived him with three sons and a daughter. One of his sons, F. L. W. Wood, became professor of history at Victoria University College, Wellington, New Zealand.
References
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Wood, George Arnold". Dictionary of Australian Biography. The Dictionary of Australian Biography, published in 1949, is a reference work by Percival Serle containing information on notable people associated with Sydney: Angus and Robertson.
Please add the following bibliographic reference. R. M. Crawford 'A Bit of A Rebel. ' The Life and Work of George Arnold Wood. Sydney University Press. 1975.
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