Henry Alexander Wise Wood

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 circa 1915

Biography

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]

Patents

Henry Alexander Wise Wood patents

References

"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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[obit-1] "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.

[appendix-2] "Henry A. Wise Wood Ill. Appendectomy Is Performed on Inventor, Who Is 74". New York Times. April 7, 1938. Retrieved 2013-12-18.