|
|
| (2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) |
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| '''This is a sandbox used for development of new articles and templates.''' | | '''This is a sandbox used for development of new articles and templates.''' |
|
| |
|
| [[File:SR.jpg|right|300px|thumb| Ra, (Wikimedia)]] | | [[File:H.jpg|right|300px|thumb| Hilda Wood]] |
| {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Hilda Wood''}}
| |
|
| |
|
| Hilda Wood ([[November 17]], 1894 - [[December 14]], 1968) was an English author, artist, educator, and [[Theosophist]]. She was also known for her educational work in India and the United States alongside her husband, the renowned Theosophical author and Sanskrit scholar [[Ernest Wood]].
| | {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Parents ''}} |
|
| |
|
| == Life and career==
| |
|
| |
|
| Hilda Wood, nee Larmuth, was born on November 17, 1894 in Pendleton near Salford, Greater Manchester, England, in the theosophical family of Mathew Henry Larmuth and Annie Black. Her father, a member of an engineering firm Messrs. Larmuth and Co, was "president of the Manchester City Lodge of the [[Theosophical Society]] and was an ernest student of occult matters, being a member of the Manchester Psychical Research Society.<ref>Obituary. ''Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser'', 6 Apr 1908, in: UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, at [https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/62221/records/979214399 Ancestry.com]</ref>
| |
|
| |
|
| After his death in 1908 at the age of 76, Hilda and her mother traveled to Madras, India, in 1914.
| | == Publications == |
|
| |
|
| | === Periodicals === |
|
| |
|
| and remained a British Subject through her entire life. <ref> “Founder Of Montessori School Dies,” The Houston Post, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: 9.</ref> <ref> “Rites Monday for Mrs. Wood,” The Houston Chronicle, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: sec.3, page 7</ref><ref>Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982. Certificate of Death no. 86816.</ref>
| | === Pamphlets === |
| | Selected titles: |
|
| |
|
| She married Ernest Wood on April 17, 1916 in Pallavaram, Madras, India.<ref>California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1888-1991. Declarations of Intention, No. 132021. </ref>
| |
|
| |
| In India, they worked with the "untouchables."<ref> “Founder Of Montessori School Dies,” The Houston Post, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: 9.</ref> In 1939 to 1948, Hilda along with her husband Ernest assisted [[Maria Montessori]] in founding her schools in India.<ref>Ernest Wood, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Wood#Later_life Wikipedia].</ref>
| |
|
| |
| In the meantime they both toured various countries around the globe with the goal of disseminating theosophy. They visited Chile in 1923<ref>C.R.L. Chile, Theosophy In, available at [https://theosophy.world/encyclopedia/chile-theosophy Theosophy.World]</ref>
| |
|
| |
| In the 1950s, after spending 38 years in India, they moved to the US. And in 1959, after Ernest retired as president and dean of the American Academy of Asian Studies at the College of the Pacific in San Francisco, they moved to Houston, Texas, which became their home for the rest of their lives. In Houston, Hilda and Ernest became active at the Unitarian Fellowship of Houston. "Hilda focused on developing a Fellowship library and began talking about establishing a Montessori school – Ernest was frequently asked to deliver inspirational talks."<ref>Ernest Wood, in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Wood#Later_life Wikipedia].</ref>
| |
|
| |
| They introduced Montessori principles to the Fellowship community, obtained necessary materials from India and England, and as the result, a Montessori school was opened in the Fall of 1962 on the Fellowship's grounds, with Ernest as the president of the Board of Trustees. They both were involved with the school until their last days and, as a sign of respect, the school was named after them as "the School of the Woods."<ref>A Brief History of School of the Woods (Established 1962), [https://schoolofthewoods.org/about/ School of the Woods website] (accessed 01/18/2026).</ref> The cottage they occupied in the last years of their lives no serves as the school development office.
| |
| ''
| |
| == Years in India ==
| |
|
| |
| == Work in the U.S. ==
| |
|
| |
| <<<<<< PHOTOS''
| |
|
| |
| Hilda died of cancer on December 14, 1968, three years after her husband, leaving her body to Baylor College of Medicine.<ref> “Founder Of Montessori School Dies,” The Houston Post, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: 9.</ref> <ref> “Rites Monday for Mrs. Wood,” The Houston Chronicle, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: sec.3, page 7</ref>
| |
| == Work ==
| |
| Hilda assisted her husband researching most of his 35 books.<ref> “Rites Monday for Mrs. Wood,” The Houston Chronicle, Sun, Dec 15, 1968: sec.3, page 7</ref>
| |
|
| |
| ''>>>>>>>>>Her only living relative is a cousin in Canada. No children''
| |
| >>>>>>>>>>>>Her only living relative is a cousin in Canada.
| |
| For the past 16 months, Mrs Wood lived with Mr and Mrs Lloyd Snow at 12727 Memorial Drive.
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| 1947 - in the US through Canada
| |
| last residence - in Inda, Ootakamund
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| == Writings ==
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| === Books ===
| |
| * '''''The Three Heroes of Finland and other stories.''''' Manchester, Bethel & Co., [1926]. ''"With 50 drawings by the author"''
| |
| * '''''Ivory Gates and Golden ''''' Manchester, Bethel & Co., [1926]. ''"With 50 drawings by the author"''
| |
|
| |
| === Articles ===
| |
| * "The Indian Boy Scouts," The Messenger 9.8 (January, 1922), 191-192
| |
| * "Village Work Near Adyar," Fifty-Eighth Annual General Report of the Theosophical Society, Adyar, India, 1934: 155-156. Available at [https://resources.theosophical.org/pdf/Series/Annual%20General%20Reports/General_Report_1933.pdf Theosophical.org]
| |
| * Editor's note in Wood, Ernest E. (1967), "The Pinnacle of Indian Thought", p.161.
| |
|
| |
|
| == Notes == | | == Notes == |
|
| |
|
| <references/> | | <references/> |
| | | [[Category:Nationality English|Wood, Hilda]] |
| [[Category:Nationality British|Wood, Hilda]] | |
| [[Category:People|Wood, Hilda]] | | [[Category:People|Wood, Hilda]] |
| [[Category:Writers|Wood, Hilda]]
| |
| [[Category:Nationality English|Wood, Hilda]]
| |
| [[Category:TS Adyar|Wood, Hilda]]
| |
|
| |
| [[Category:Nationality English|Sinnett, Alfred Percy]]
| |
