About Henry George Woods
Lived 1842 – 1915 (aged 73). Henry George Woods was an anglican priest.
Henry George Woods (16 June 1842 – 19 July 1915) was an Anglican clergyman and academic. He was President of Trinity College, Oxford, from 1887 to 1897 and Master of the Temple from 1904 to 1915.
Early life Woods was born on 16 June 1842 in Woodend, Northamptonshire. In 1866, he was appointed a tutor. He resigned the post in 1897;
Religious life On 23 December 1866, Woods was ordained a deacon in the Church of England by Samuel Wilberforce, the then Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. He was ordained a priest the following year.
He died on 19 July 1915 at the Master's House, his home in London as Master of the Temple.
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British priest
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Henry George Woods was born on 16 June 1842 in Woodend.
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Henry George Woods died on 19 July 1915 in London.
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Henry George Woods was an anglican priest.
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