Ledger Wood

Background

Wood, Ledger was born on September 4, 1901 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Son of Samuel R. and Elizabeth (Tyler) Wood.

Education

Student Los Angeles Junior College, 1918-1920. Bachelor of Arts, University of California, 1922. Doctor of Philosophy, Cornell, 1926.

Career

Engaged as assistant in philosophy Cornell Univercity, 1925-1926. Instructor philosophy Stanford, 1926-1927. Lecturer history of philosophy California Institute Technology, 1926-1927.

Member of faculty Princeton since 1927, professor philosophy, 1949-1970, chairman of department philosophy, 1952-1960, McCosh professor philosophy, 1956-1970.

Sterling research fellow Yale, 1940-1941. Visiting professor University of California, summer 1931, graduate school Brooklyn College, 1948-1949, New York University summer 1951.

Achievements

• Ledger Wood has been listed as a noteworthy educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

He remained a member of the Princeton Philosophy Department for 43 years, serving as departmental chair from 1952 to 1960.

Connections

Married Frances Elinor Jennings, July 27, 1929. Children: Ellen Elizabeth, Roger Jennings, and Suzanne Elinor (Mistress Walter Kuehn, Junior.

Father:

Samuel R. Wood

Mother:

Elizabeth (Tyler) Wood

Spouse:

Frances Elinor Jennings

child:

and Suzanne Elinor (Mistress Walter Kuehn Wood

child:

Junior Wood

child:

Roger Jennings Wood

child:

Ellen Elizabeth Wood