George Arnold Wood
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George Arnold Wood (7 June 1865 – 14 October 1928) was an English Australian historian notable for writing an early work on Australian history entitled The Discovery of Australia.[1]
Throughout his career Wood wrote for the Manchester Guardian, supporting Irish Home Rule and opposing Imperial Federation.[2]
He married Eleanor Madeline Whitfeld and had three sons and a daughter.[1] One of his sons was the journalist Alan Wood,[3] while another was Frederick Wood, professor of history at Victoria University College in Wellington, New Zealand.[1][4]
