Henry George Woods

Woods was born on 16 June 1842 in Woodend, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Lancing College, an Anglican public school in Lancing, West Sussex. As an exhibitioner and later a scholar, he studied classics at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He gained a first in Mods in 1863 and a first in Greats in 1865. ==Academic career==

In 1865, Woods was elected a fellow of Trinity College, Oxford. 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. He was buried at Holywell Cemetery in Oxford. ==Personal life==

In 1879, Woods married Margaret Louisa Bradley, a novelist and poet. ==References==