Ledger Wood

Ledger Wood (September 4, 1901 – December 7, 1970) was a twentieth-century American philosopher.

Ledger Wood
Born	September 4, 1901 Pueblo, Colorado
Died	December 7, 1970 Columbus, Georgia
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western Philosophy
School	Analytic philosophy

Life and career

Wood received his doctorate from Cornell University in 1926 and was appointed assistant professor of philosophy at Princeton University in 1927. He remained a member of the Princeton Philosophy Department for 43 years, serving as departmental chair from 1952 to 1960. After his retirement in 1970, he was appointed McCosh Professor of Philosophy Emeritus.

Major works

Books

• The Analysis of Knowledge. 1941.

• A History of Philosophy. co-authored by Frank Thilly. McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1951.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)