Henry Alexander Wise Wood (March 1, 1866 - April 9, 1939) was the American inventor of a high speed newspaper press and member of the Naval Consulting Board. [1]
Henry Alexander Wise Wood (March 1, 1866 - April 9, 1939) was the American inventor of a high speed newspaper press and member of the Naval Consulting Board. [1]
He was born on March 1, 1866 to Fernando Wood and Alice Fenner Mills. His father was mayor of New York City and a member of congress.
He married Elizabeth Ogden. In 1915 he joined the Naval Consulting Board.
He had appendicitis and had his appendix removed at Doctors Hospital in Manhattan in 1938. [2]
He died on April 9, 1939. [1]
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