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Bernard Bolingbroke Woodward

1816–69

Older brother of Samuel Pickworth Woodward. As a young man became interested in the congregational church. Pastor of the independent church of Worwell-with-Harleston in Norfolk, 1843–8. Resigned his pastorate in order to devote himself solely to literature. Appointed librarian in ordinary to Queen Victoria, 1860.

Source

DNB.

Bibliography

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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