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Dr. William Robert Woodman


[Dr. William Robert Woodman] 1828- December 20, 1891A General practitioner and police surgeon, Dr. Woodman’s greatest interests were gardening and Freemasonry. Initiated into the The Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia (SRIA) in October 1867, he succeeded R.W. Little as its Supreme Magus in 1878. Woodman was a founder of the Hermetic order of the Golden Dawn, with Samuel Liddel Mathers and Dr. Westcott, sometime before February 12, 1888. Initiated: 1857 St. George’s Lodge No. 129, Exeter Source: AQC Vol. 85 (1972) pp. 242-95.