Wood, William ♂
Education
Student United College 1824-1825 Ethics; Math. 2 & 3. (Secondar).
Birth/childhood
Born 21.10.1808 eldest son of John Wood, importer, Glasgow and Elizabeth Denniston.
Career
[Thomas Wood 1824-1825 is possibly this man]
Also at Glasgow University - matriculated 1821-1822.
Went into commerce. Emigrated to America and established a banking house.
President of the Board of Education, New York.
LL.D. of an American University.
Death
Died in New York [U.S.A.] 1894.
Sources
- Chalmers, Class list, New College CHA6.14.1-4
- W.I. Addison, Matriculation albums of the University of Glasgow 1728-1858. 10809
- Edinburgh, New College CHA4.40.39
- W.M. McBean, Biographical Register of the St Andrews Society of...New York. 2v. (New York, 1922-25) 2 p127f