Alphonso Wood (1810 – January 4, 1881) was an American botanist and theology instructor. He was the author of several works on botany that were popularly used as instructional texts in the 19th century.
Career
Wood studied at both Dartmouth College and Andover Theological Seminary. He started his teaching career as the Latin and natural science instructor at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire. Later he served as the President of the Female Seminary of Cleveland, Ohio, Principal of the Clinton Female Seminary in Brooklyn, and professor of botany at Terre Haute Female College in Indiana. He retired from his instructional work in 1867 and lived the remainder of his life in West Farms, New York.
In an obituary in The Gardener's Monthly and Horticulturist, Wood was described as performing the important task of taking the progressive scientific research of botanists and making their "knowledge widely distributed" through "universal" textbooks.
The standard author abbreviation Alph.Wood is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.References
- "Alphonso Wood" (n.d.). Taxonomic Literature II Online. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- "Prof. Alphonso Wood" (1881). The Gardener's monthly and horticulturist, 23. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
- International Plant Names Index. Alph.Wood.
External links
- Works by or about Alphonso Wood at the Internet Archive
- View works by Alphonso Wood at Biodiversity Heritage Library.