Alex Wood (1871 – May 1937) was an Anglican bishop in India from 1919 to 1937.
He was born in 1871, educated at Aberdeen University and Edinburgh Theological College and ordained in 1895. His first post was a curacy at St John's Forfar. He was at the Scottish Episcopalian Mission at Chanda from 1898 to 1919, a period of service interrupted by World War I service as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces. In 1919 he became Bishop of Chota Nagpur and in 1926 was translated to Nagpur. He died in post in May 1937, his predecessor writing his biography.
References
- “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
- Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 270.
- For which he was awarded the OBE- Who was Who (ibid)
- The Times Obituary: The Bishop of Nagpur Friday 21 May 1937: pg 16: Issue 47,690; Col C
- Open Library
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| Preceded byFoss Westcott | Bishop of Chota Nagpur 1919– 1926 |
Succeeded byKenneth William Stewart Kennedy |
| Preceded byEyre Chatterton | Bishop of Nagpur 1926– 1937 |
Succeeded byAlexander Ogilvy Hardy |
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| Bishops of Nagpur | |
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