Martin Wood

Martin Wood may refer to:

  • Martin Wood (director), Canadian television director
  • Martin Wood (engineer) (born 1927), co-founder of Oxford Instruments
  • Martin Wood (rugby league) (born 1970), English former Rugby League footballer
  • Martin B. Wood, American farmer, banker, telegraph installer and shareholder
  • Martin Wood (director)

    Martin Wood is a Canadian television director who has been directing since the mid-1990s. Specializing in science fiction, where he is best known for his work as a director and producer on Stargate SG-1 (46 episodes), as well as its spin-off series Stargate Atlantis (30 episodes).

    Biography

    Career

    Martin Wood began his television career in 1995. Although he is best known for his work on the Stargate franchise's Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis, he has also directed for many other television series, including The Invisible Man and Earth: Final Conflict. In addition, Martin directed two TV specials on sudden infant death syndrome.

    Along with Peter DeLuise, Andy Mikita and Will Waring, Wood was one of Stargate SG-1's main directors during its 10-year run. He also frequently appears as an extra known as "Major Wood" in the Stargate SG-1 episodes that he directs, often assisting Sergeant Siler as a repairman using the oversized crescent wrench that serves as an inside joke. He is also featured on many Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis DVD special features, such as featurettes and audio commentaries.

    Martin Wood (rugby league)

    Martin Wood (born 24 June 1970) is a former rugby league footballer who played as a stand-off or loose forward for Halifax, Scarborough Pirates, Keighley Cougars, Sheffield Eagles and Workington Town.

    Career

    Wood started his career at Halifax, helping the club achieve promotion from the Second Division in 1990–91. He was deemed surplus to requirements during the following season, and was sold to Scarborough Pirates in October 1991. Wood then joined Keighley Cougars in 1992.

    In January 1997, Wood and his team-mate Nick Pinkney were signed by Super League side Sheffield Eagles in exchange for £95,000 plus Mark Gamson. He spent two seasons at Sheffield. Wood was as an Interchange/Substitute in Sheffield Eagles' 17-8 victory over Wigan in the 1998 Challenge Cup final during Super League III at Wembley Stadium, London on Saturday 2 May 1998.

    He returned to Keighley in 1999. During his second spell at the club, he was named the Northern Ford Premiership Player of the Year in 2000, and reached a career total of 1,000 points in January 2001. He finished his professional career with Workington Town in 2002. He continued playing and coaching rugby at amateur level, helping Sharlston Rovers achieve a shock win against Dewsbury Rams in the third round of the 2004 Challenge Cup.

    Martin Wood (engineer)

    Sir Martin Francis Wood, CBE, FRS, HonFREng (born 19 April 1927) is a British engineer and entrepreneur. He co-founded Oxford Instruments, one of the first spin-out companies from the University of Oxford and still one of the most successful.

    He was educated at Gresham's School, Holt and Trinity College, Cambridge University, where he read engineering, and Imperial College, London. From 1955 to 1969, he was a Senior Research Officer at the Clarendon Laboratory at the University of Oxford. He used the knowledge he acquired on high field magnets to form Oxford Instruments, which had a pioneering role in the development of magnetic resonance imaging.

    Sir Martin and his wife, Audrey, have many philanthropic achievements, including donating £2m for the building of the Sir Martin Wood Lecture Theatre at the Clarendon Laboratory. He also founded the Earth Trust to promote nature conservation at Little Wittenham and the Wittenham Clumps, and the Sylva Foundation to support sustainable forest management. In 2005, Oxford Innovation, a company also founded by Sir Martin Wood, launched the Martin and Audrey Wood Enterprise Awards for entrepreneurship ().

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    The Hawk Eye 01 Apr 2025
    ... Tony Fullenkamp, Bob Huffman, Shane Tapper, Ron Stevenson, Don Harve, AJ Martin, Chad Hocker, Scott Fedler, Lisa >Wood, David Fedler, Scott Meller, Ryan Wilson, Darin Cordray and Cody Pumphries.
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    Behind every great golfer there's usually a great caddie, and Lee is currently working with the one and only Brian 'Bo' Martin. Golf fans will know the name well from Martin's time on Shane Lowry's bag.
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    Red Sox fan Dave Portnoy rails against ‘scumbag’ Yankees’ torpedo bats: ‘Doesn’t mean you suddenly ...

    New York Post 31 Mar 2025
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    A church that said it fought to clean up Drake neighborhood is now part of its problems

    Des Moines Register 31 Mar 2025
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    Leaf Chronicle 31 Mar 2025
    1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... 5 ... Creek Wood (13-6) — The Red Hawks have lost two of three. Elizabeth Martin was 2-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs in a 10-4 loss to Summit ... She was 3-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs in DCA’s first loss of the season, 6-5 to Creek Wood.
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