Woodward, William (M)

Surname: Woodward
Forename(s): William
Nationality: English.
Poet. Alternative signatures: Wm. Woodward and W. Woodward. Earned his doctorate at the University of St Andrews. Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, Licentiate of Midwifery, and Licentiate of Apothecaries Society. House surgeon in Worcester. Junior Assistant Medical Officer at the Cornwall Country Asylum. Chambers’s Journal ledger entries give Woodward’s address as Cornwall Lunatic Asylum (or Country Asylum), Bodmin (poems published on 25 November 1893, 24 February 1894, 30 June 1894; NLS Dep 341/371), 7 Fernleigh Villas, Mannamead, Plymouth (2 February 1895; NLS Dep 341/371), Wilton, Salisbury (5 January 1898, 3 February 1900; NLS Dep 341/371). Biographical information: The Medical Directory, January to December 1865, p. 568; Notes and News, The Journal of Mental Science, vol. 36, 1890, p. 301. (AC, CC)

Poems associated with this person

Total poems: 6
Poem title Date Periodical Roles id #
A Vigil 1893-11-25 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13324
Violets 1894-02-24 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13337
Her Rose 1894-06-30 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 13355
Sailing Away 1895-02-02 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12601
Without Words 1898-01-05 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12695
A Transformation 1900-02-03 Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal Poet 12433