Category:Nicholas Wood

**Nicholas Wood**
	English steam locomotive engineer
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Date of birth	24 April 1795; Ryton
Date of death	19 December 1865
Place of burial	Tyne and Wear;
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; Kingdom of Great Britain (Acts of Union 1800, –1801);
Occupation	engineer; mining engineer; railway engineer;
Member of	Royal Society (1864–);
Child	Sir Lindsay Wood, 1st Bt.; Collingwood Lindsay Wood;
Spouse	Maria Lindsay;
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Society;
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Nicholas Wood FRS (24 April 1795 – 19 December 1865) was an English colliery and steam locomotive engineer. He helped engineer and design many steps forward in both engineering and mining safety, and helped bring about the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, holding the position of President from its inauguration to his death.