Edward Rogers Wood

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Glendon Hall, Residence of ER Wood

The home of the art collector Frank P. Wood on Bayview Avenue next to his brother

Edward Rogers Wood (1866-1941) was born in Peterborough, Ontario to Northern Irish Methodist families.

In his early teens, Edward Wood joined the G.N.W. Telegraph Company owned by Peterborough's Mayor George Cox and later Senator George Albertus Cox. After completing school Edward joined Cox's financial firm, Central Canada Loan & Savings Company. He was at that time a leading financier and also became active in philanthropy as well as in volunteer endeavors for the University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Art Gallery of Ontario and the YMCA.

Edward Wood built and lived in Wymilwood (Queen's Park) with his family from 1902 to 1924. In 1924 he moved to Glendon Hall on Bayview Avenue, property adjoining his 20 year younger brother Frank P Wood.

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