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William J. Wood was a Canadian painter and etcher. Born May 26, 1877 in Ottawa; he studied at the Eric Pape School of Art in Boston, Massachusetts in 1900, and the Central Ontario School of Art and Industrial Design (OCAD) between 1904-1905. Wood married Jessie Reaman in 1906, they had at least three children. Wood eventually settled in Midland, Ontario where he lived until his death; where he worked at the Midland Shipyards from 1913 until the 1930s. Between 1915-1919, Wood served in the Canadian Army during World War I. Wood was a close friend of several of the Group of Seven members, Arthur Lismer and A.Y. Jackson. He was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters, the Canadian Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers, and the Canadian Society of Graphic Art. Wood died January 4, 1954.