Howland Wood
Howland Wood (May 30, 1877-1938), was an American numismatist, and former Chairman of the American Numismatic Association (ANA).Wood was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 1877. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Brown University in 1900. He married Elizabeth Marvin in 1913, and they had two daughters. He lived in Boston, where he had a photo engraving business. His work for the American Numismatic Society would take him to New York City in 1913.
Wood had a long association with the American numismatic community. He was secretary to the Boston Numismatic Society from 1908 to 1913. He also served as general secretary to the ANA from 1905 to 1909, and then governor and chairman from 1909 to 1912. Wood became an associate editor of ''The Numismatist'' from 1909 to 1910, and was an associate editor and later editor of the ''American Journal of Numismatics'' from 1910 to 1920. He was also the curator of the American Numismatic Society Museum from 1913 to 1938. He received the Archer M. Huntington Award, which recognizes outstanding career contributions to numismatic scholarship, in 1920.
Wood was the author of several numismatic publications, including: * ''The Canadian Blacksmith Coppers'' (1910) * ''The coinage of the West Indies, and the sou marqué'' (1915) * ''Catalogue of United States and Colonial Coins'' (1914) * ''The Mexican revolutionary coinage, 1913-1916'' (1921) * ''The Gold Dollars of 1858 with Notes of the Other Issues'' (1922) * ''The Commemorative Coinage of the United States'' (1922) * ''The Tegucigalpa Coinage of 1823'' (1923) *''The coinage of Ethiopia'' (1937)
Wood died of pneumonia in Flushing, Queens early in 1938. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Wood, Howland, 1877-1938
Published 1921New York : The American Numismatic Society, 1921.44 p. : ill. ; 17 cm. -
2by Bullowa, David M.
Published 1938New York : American numismatic society, 1938.ii, 192 p. : ill. ; 17 cm.Other Authors: “...Wood, Howland, 1877-1938...”