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Robert Williams Wood

1868 - 1955

Born

02 May 1868

Concord, Massachusetts, USA

Died

11 August 1955

Amityville, New York, USA

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
26/06/1919
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
51
Occupation
Physicist and inventor
Relationships
Parents: Robert Williams Wood, Senior, physician. Spouse: (m. 1892) Gertrude Hooper Ames, daughter of Pelham Warren and Augusta Hooper (Wood) Ames, and granddaughter of William Northey Hooper and the Massachusetts Supreme Court justice Seth Ames.