Charles Thorold Wood

For other people named Charles Wood, see Charles Wood (disambiguation).

William Thorold Wood (left) and Charles Thorold Wood, junior, by Sir Henry Raeburn, c. 1818

Charles Thorold Wood, senior (15 January 1777 – 13 March 1852) was an English army officer and country gentleman whose sons Charles Thorold Wood, junior (1817–1849) and Neville Wood (1818–25 March 1886[1]) were ornithologists. Several accounts have confounded him with his namesake son who wrote The Ornithological Guide (1835).[2] Charles junior also wrote under the initials S.D.W. Neville wrote two books including British Song Birds (1836) which was dedicated to Edward Blyth, and The ornithologists' text-book (1836) dedicated to John Latham.

  1. ^ "Deaths". The Lancet: 668. 3 April 1886.
  2. ^ Mullens, W. H.; Swann, H. K. (1919). A bibliography of British ornithology. London. pp. 661–662.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)