Wood,Leonard

Wood,Leonard
Wood, Leonard. 1860-1927.
American military leader and colonial administrator who was chief of staff of the U.S. Army (1910-1914) and governor-general of the Philippines (1921-1927).

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  • Wood, Leonard — (1860–1927)    A proconsul in the American Empire created by the Spanish American War, Leonard Wood directed civil and military governments in both Cuba and the Philippines. Wood joined the U.S. Army in 1885 and won the Congressional Medal of… …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

  • Wood, Leonard — born Oct. 9, 1860, Winchester, N.H., U.S. died Aug. 7, 1927, Boston, Mass. U.S. army officer. He studied medicine and became a contract surgeon with the U.S. Army. In the Spanish American War he and his friend Theodore Roosevelt recruited and… …   Universalium

  • Wood, Leonard — (9 oct. 1860, Winchester, N.H., EE.UU.–7 ago. 1927, Boston, Mass.). Oficial de ejército estadounidense. Estudió medicina y entró en el ejército de EE.UU. como cirujano bajo contrato. En la guerra hispano estadounidense, él y su amigo Theodore… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Leonard Wood — Leonard Wood, Gemälde von John Singer Sargent (1903) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Léonard — Leonard oder Léonard ist eine Form des Namens Leonhard. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Bekannte Namensträger 1.1 Vorname 1.2 Familienname 1.3 Künstlername // …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …   Universalium

  • Wood — Wood, Grant Wood, Natalie Wood, Robert Williams * * * (as used in expressions) Annie Wood Halifax, Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1 conde de Johnson, Robert Wood Wood Buffalo, parque nacional Wood, Grant Wood, Leonard …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Leonard Wood — Infobox Military Person name= Leonard Wood born= birth date|1860|10|9 died= death date and age|1927|8|7|1860|10|9 placeofbirth= Winchester, New Hampshire placeofdeath= Boston, Massachusetts placeofburial= Arlington National Cemetery caption=… …   Wikipedia

  • Leonard — /len euhrd/, n. 1. William Ellery (Channing) /el euh ree/, 1876 1944, U.S. poet, essayist, and teacher. 2. a male given name: from Germanic words meaning lion and hardy. * * * (as used in expressions) Baskin Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bloomfield… …   Universalium

  • Leonard — (as used in expressions) Baskin, Leonard Bernstein, Leonard Bloomfield, Leonard Leonard Alfred Schneider Callaghan (de Cardiff), (Leonard) James Callaghan, barón Calvert, Leonard Chess, Leonard Churchill, Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Colebrook,… …   Enciclopedia Universal

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