Person

Woods, John (1822 - 1892)

Born: 1822
Died: 1892
Occupation: Engineer, Inventor and Politician

Details

Chronology

1883 -: Career event - Foundation Member, Victorian Engineers Association
1883: Career event - Foundation Vice-president, Victorian Engineers Association

Related Corporate Bodies

Victorian Institute of Engineers (1883 - 1949)
Foundation Member 1883, Foundation Vice President 1883

Published resources

Books

Cumming, D. A., Some Public Works Engineers in Victoria in the Nineteenth Century (Melbourne: University of Melbourne, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 1985), 59 pp. p.33. Details

Book Sections

Eastwood, Jill, 'Woods, John (1822-1892), engineer, politican and inventor' in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Bede Nairn, ed., vol. 6 (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1976), pp. 434-435. http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A060466b.htm. Details

Resources

Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q16062341. Details
'Woods, John (1822-18921231)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1463121. Details

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