Edward Rogers Wood

Edward Rogers Wood (May 11, 1866 – June 16, 1941) was a prominent financier in Canadian business.

He was notable for his role in the development of the Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Limited (later Brascan Limited, then amalgamated into Brookfield Asset Management) and for his links with the "Peterborough Methodist Mafia" of George Albertus Cox.

They had a son, William (nicknamed Wy – died at six months), and a daughter, Mildred.

In his early teens, Wood joined the Great North Western Telegraph Company owned by Peterborough's mayor, George Albertus Cox (later a member of the Senate of Canada).

After completing school, Wood joined Cox's financial firm, the Central Canada Loan & Savings Company.

In 1901, Cox and Wood formed Dominion Securities (now part of the Royal Bank of Canada) with the purpose of underwriting and retailing provincial, municipal, and utility bonds.

In 1910, he formed Dominion Steel Corporation, where his younger brother Frank Porter Wood was a President.

He was at that time a leading financier and also became active in philanthropy, as well as in volunteer endeavours for the University of Toronto, Toronto General Hospital, Art Gallery of Ontario and the YMCA.

Edward and Euphemia "Pheme" Wood built and lived in Wymilwood (named for their children, Wy and Mildred) at 84 Queen's Park from 1902 to 1924.

From 1920 to 1924, they planned, built and moved to Glendon Hall on Bayview Avenue.

In 1950, by then a widow, Pheme Wood died and bequeathed Glendon Hall to the University of Toronto, with the intent that it be used by the Department of Botany for a university (not a public) botanical garden.

He and his wife are buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, adjacent to the grave of George Albertus Cox.

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