As per our current Database, John Woodward has been died on Apr 25, 1728 (age 62).
When John Woodward die, John Woodward was 62 years old.
Popular As | John Woodward |
Occupation | Geologist |
Age | 62 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 1, 1665 (England) |
Birthday | May 1 |
Town/City | England |
Nationality | England |
John Woodward’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
John Woodward was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
English Geologist, naturalist, and antiquarian who founded the Woodwardian Professorship of Geology at Cambridge University.
He studied Medicine under Dr. Peter Barwick in London and was appointed Gresham professor of Physic in 1692.
He found that plants in less-pure water grow better than plants in distilled water during his water culture experiment in 1699.
He was born to his family in a village in Derbyshire.
His treatise published in 1713 provoked a satire by poet Alexander Pope on "follies of antiquarianism".