Anthony Wood

English antiquarian

Anthony Wood (or Anthony à Wood) (17 December 163228 November 1695) was an English antiquary and diarist.

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  • [ John Aubrey, 1667] He was a shiftless person, roving and magotie-headed, and sometimes little better than crased.
    • Life from 1632 to 1672, written by himself; continued till 1695 a 1695, 1772, 1848, O.H.S. 1891–1900; [1], as quoted in the Oxford English Dictionary, Draft Revision June 2009, [2]
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