Researching Cecil Wood
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The name Cecil means "Blind" and is of Latin origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Cecil Wood and the Wood Genealogy
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Cecil Wood (English cricketer)
Cecil John Burditt Wood (21 November 1875 - 5 June 1960) was a first-class cricketer who played for Leicestershire County Cricket Club and London County Cricket Club. He is one of just six players in the first-class history to carry his bat twice in the same match. Making his debut in 1896, he scored 23,879 runs as an opening batsman at an average of 31.05, made in 456 first-class matches. His best score was 225. He took 172 wickets with his right arm slow bowling at 39.43 and took 180 catches in the field. He carried his bat through both innings against Yorkshire County Cricket Club at Bradford in 1911, and completed the feat 17 times in all. He hit 1,000 runs in a season 13 times, going on to 2,000 runs in 1901.
A coal merchant by trade, he also captained Leicestershire in a career which ultimately spanned to 1923. He was the Leicestershire Secretary in 1940 and 1941.
He was also a good football player, playing for Leicester Fosse and Ashford United.
He died in 1960, aged 84.
Source: Cecil Wood (English cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaCecil Wood (bishop)
Cecil John Wood (1874 – 27 April 1957) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, serving from 1912 to 1919.
Wood was educated at St Peter's College, Oxford and ordained in 1897. He held curacies at High Halden, St Marylebone, and Bethnal Green before becoming Vicar of Wimbledon in 1906. Six years later he became Bishop of Melanesia, serving for seven years. He resigned his See effective 31 December 1918.
Returning to England he was Rector of Witnesham, 1919–1924; and undertook occasional episcopal duties, including as archbishop's commissary (i.e. acting diocesan bishop) in 1921. He was then appointed Vicar of Jesmond and an Assistant Bishop of Newcastle from 1924 to 1933. He was Rural Dean of Horsham from 1934 to 1940 and then Rector of West Grinstead until retirement in 1946.
He married Margorie Allen Bell, the sister of George Bell, Bishop of Chichester (1929–58). He died in 1957, aged 82.
Source: Cecil Wood (bishop), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaCecil Wood (architect)
Cecil Walter Wood (6 June 1878 – 28 November 1947) was a New Zealand architect.
Wood was born in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand in 1878. He designed many heritage buildings in New Zealand including Wellington Cathedral of St Paul and the Memorial Dining Hall at Christ's College. He became an associate of the New Zealand Institute of Architects in 1914, a fellow in 1926 and was elected the President in 1937. His ashes were interned in the ambulatory of St Paul's Cathedral.
He had several trainee architects work for him who became very successful themselves, including, Heathcote Helmore, Guy Cotterill and Paul Pascoe. For a time, Miles Warren worked with him.
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