Ledger Wood (September 4, 1901 – December 7, 1970) was a twentieth-century
American philosopher
This is a list of American philosophers; of philosophers who are either from, or spent many productive years of their lives in the United States.
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Life and career
Wood received his doctorate from
Cornell University
Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to teach an ...
in 1926 and was appointed assistant professor of philosophy at
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest ins ...
in 1927. He remained a member of the Princeton Philosophy Department for 43 years, serving as departmental chair from 1952 to 1960. After his retirement in 1970, he was appointed McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus.
["Dr. Ledger Wood, Princeton Teacher, 69" (obituary), ''New York Times'', 9 Dec. 1970, p. 38]
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1901 births
1970 deaths
20th-century American philosophers
American historians of philosophy
American philosophy academics
Epistemologists
People from Pueblo, Colorado
Princeton University faculty
Cornell University alumni
20th-century American historians
American male non-fiction writers
20th-century American male writers