John Woodward (*1. May 1665 in Derbyshire/England; "† 25 April 1728 in London) was an English nature historian, geologist and a physician.

Life

Woodward studied Cambridge medicine at the university and to the Dr. med. was attained a doctorate there. Starting from 1692 he was a professor for nature teachings at the Gresham college in London, starting from 1709 operated he his own medical practice.

Work

Woodward investigated the geology of the British islands and formulated its own theory about the emergence of the earth. Afterwards the earth should consist on the inside of water and exhibit a firm crust. It was for it a ruin, which had left the Sintflut. The Sintflut it describes as "„"… most horrible and portentous Catastrophe that Nature more ever saw: to elegant, orderly and habitable Earth quite unhinged, shattered all ton of pieces, and turned into on heap OF of ruin: Convulsions exorbitatant in such a way and unruly: A CHANGE so exceeding great and violent, that the very Representation alone is enough ton startle and shock A one. "“(Natural History, P. 82).

Woodward postulates that the earth had been transformed in such a way by the intervention of God that it was adapted to the needs of mankind, as the existence on earth had become so toilsome that humans had no more time for driving.

Woodward was member of the Royal Society and operated apart from its religiously inspired speculations also strong research as a physiologist: He experimented with plant germs in Wasserkultur and disproved the nourish-physiological hypothesis van Helmonts, when he found out that the plants in rain water do not prosper, on the other hand in water was mixed with earth, well grew, thus nutrients needed. In addition it proved that plants in the period of three months deliver six and forty times as much water, as they can store in itself

Works

• Essay toward A Natural History OF the earth (1692)
• Letter Instructions for making observations in all parts OF the world (1696)
• "“Fossil"” in John Harris Lexicon chemicum (1704)
• Naturalis historia teluris (1714)
• Fossil OF universe of child Digested Into A Method (1728)
• At Attempt Towards A Natural History OF the of fossil OF England (1729)

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• Dictionary OF Scientific Biography Linda resound to LIBRARY

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