Alexander Wood (3 May 1879 – 1 April 1950)[1] was a Scottish physicist who worked as researcher and university lecturer in the field of acoustics and experimental physics.
[4] Future Nobelist George Paget Thomson, who attended Wood's lectures of physics, would comment later: "these were outstanding both in material and exposition, and impressed me greatly.
[6] In addition, scientist Charles Alfred Coulson spoke of Alex as one of his three major influences,[7] and Lawrence Bragg corresponded with him asking for help in his research.
[8][9] As a pupil of Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) at the University of Glasgow, Wood acquired some of his religious practices as the habit of praying before lecturing.
In the 1929 general election Wood stood as the Labour Party candidate for the two-member Cambridge University constituency, coming bottom of the poll with 1,463 votes (9.1%) at the first count.