Horatio C Wood Jr., Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Horatio C Wood Jr.

American physician and naturalist

Date of Birth: 13-Jan-1841

Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1920

Profession: physician, botanist, entomologist, arachnologist, myriapodologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Horatio Curtis Wood Jr.
(January 13, 1841 – January 3, 1920) was an American physician and biologist.
Born into a wealthy Pennsylvania family, he attended the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and after serving as a surgeon in the American Civil War, continued to teach at the University.
A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he was known for his 1874 text Treatise on Therapeutics, which became a widely used medical textbook, and also for his botanical and zoological work: writing on freshwater algae, fossil plants, arachnids, and myriapods.