Henry Alexander Wise Wood
Henry Alexander Wise Wood circa 1915
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]
Biography
He was born on March 1, 1866, to Fernando Wood and Alice Fenner Mills. 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]
Patents
- Henry Alexander Wise Wood patents
References
- 1 2 "H. Wise Wood Dies. Press Inventor, 73. His Devices Increased Speed of Newspaper Production to 60,000 Copies an Hour.Machinery Firm's Head. Aeronautical Engineer Aided Government During War. Wrote in Verse and Prose". New York Times. April 10, 1939. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
- ↑ "Henry A. Wise Wood Ill. Appendectomy Is Performed on Inventor, Who Is 74". New York Times. April 7, 1938. Retrieved 2013-12-18.
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