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{{Short description|Scottish Anglican bishop in India}}
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'''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]]<ref>[[Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]] London, [[A & C Black]], 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> and ordained in 1895.<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900</ref> His first post was a [[Curate|curacy]] at St John's [[Forfar]].<ref>"Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark {{ISBN|0-567-08746-8}}</ref> He was at the Scottish Episcopalian Mission at [[Chandrapur District|Chanda]] from 1898 to 1919,<ref>{{cite book | last=[[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] | first=| author-link= | title= [[Crockford's Clerical Directory]][[1920| for 1920 (51st edn)]] | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=270| year=1920 | isbn=}}</ref> a period of service interrupted by [[World War I]] service as a [[Chaplain|temporary Chaplain]] to the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War I)|Forces]].<ref>For which he was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]]- Who was Who (ibid)</ref> In 1919 he became [[Anglican Bishop of Chota Nagpur|Bishop of Chota Nagpur]] and in 1926 was [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|translated]] to [[Anglican Bishop of Nagpur|Nagpur]]. He died in post on May 1937,<ref>[[The Times]] ''Obituary: The Bishop of Nagpur'' Friday 21 May 1937: pg 16: Issue 47,690; Col C</ref> his predecessor writing his biography.<ref>[https://openlibrary.org/b/OL18374194M/Alex_Wood_Bishop_of_Nagpur_missionary_sportsman_philosopher Open Library]</ref>

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