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.

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.

He died on April 9, 1939.

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