Charles Thorold Wood, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetCharles Thorold Wood
English ornithologist
Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1777
Date of Death: 13-Mar-1852
Profession: ornithologist
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Charles Thorold Wood
- Charles Thorold Wood, snr (15 January 1777 – 13 March 1852) was an English ornithologist. He was born the eldest of the 9 children of Willoughby Wood, of Alford, Lincolnshire, Gentleman of the Privy Chamber and his wife, Elizabeth Thorold.
- Charles matriculated at Merton College, Oxford on 26 October 1795.He was a captain in the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards (blue).
- He was a keen ornithologist and the author of The Ornithological Guide (1835). He married Jane, daughter of Sir John Thorold, 9th Baronet, in 1812 and lived in Thoresby, Lincolnshire.
- They had five sons, Willoughby, William, Charles jnr, Neville and Arthur, four of whom were painted as children by Sir Henry Raeburn, and three daughters.
- In 1836 the family made a dramatic escape from a serious fire when they were living at Foston Hall in Derbyshire.
- Neville was also an amateur ornithologist.
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