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The habits of insects are very mines of interesting knowledge, and it is impossible carefully to watch the proceedings of any insect, however insignificant, without feeling that no writer of fiction ever invented a drama of such absorbing interest as is acted daily before our eyes, though to indifferent spectators.

John George Wood

John George Wood

John George Wood

Born: July 21, 1827

Died: March 3, 1889 (aged 61)

Bio: John George Wood, or Rev J. G. Wood,, was an English writer who popularised natural history with his writings.

Known for:

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The Popular Natural History (1876)
The Common Objects of the Country (1858)
The Fresh and Salt-water Aquarium (1868)

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