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| WOODWARD, THOMAS JENKINSON. Adm. pens. at CLARE, July 21, 1762. Of Huntingdon. [Both parents deceased. B. at Huntingdon. School, Eton.] Matric. Michs. 1764; LL.B. 1769. Of Walcot House, Diss, Norfolk . J.P. and D.L. for Norfolk and Suffolk . F.L.S., 1789. 'One of the best English botanists, whose skill and accuracy are only equalled by his liberality and zeal in the service of the science.' The genus Woodwardia was named after him by Sir James Edward Smith. Married, about 1770, Frances, dau. and heiress of Thomas Manning, of Bungay, Suffolk . Joint author of Observations on the British Fuci. Died, s.p., Jan. 28, 1820, aged 75. ( Eton Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1820, I. 189.) | Thomas Jenkinson WOODWARD Approx. lifespan: 1744–1820 pens. Clare College adm1762:07:21 Of Huntingdon, [ Huntingdonshire ] Both parents deceased. b. Huntingdon, [ Huntingdonshire ] Sch: Eton Matric 1764:10MT: LLB 1769 Of Walcot House, Walcot, Diss, Norfolk J.P. and D.L. for: : Norfolk and Suffolk FLS 1789 'One of the best English botanists, whose skill and accuracy are only equalled by his liberality and zeal in the service of the science.' The genus Woodwardia was named after him by Sir James Edward Smith. m., about 1770 Frances, dau. and heiress of Thomas Manning, of Bungay, Suffolk Joint author of Observations on the British Fuci. d., s.p. 1820:01:28aged 75. ( Eton College Reg.; D.N.B.; G. Mag 1820, I. 189.) |