Benjamin D. Wood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 10-Nov-1894
Place of Birth: Brownsville, Texas, United States
Date of Death: 06-Jul-1986
Profession: psychologist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Benjamin D. Wood
- Benjamin DeKalbe Wood (November 10, 1894 – July 6, 1986) was an American educator, researcher, and director / professor at Columbia University.
- He was a pioneer in learning technologies and automated testing methods.
- Wood is the creator of the multiple choice test, which was the state-of-the-art way of measuring a teacher's understanding of certain subjects that in the long run influenced their salaries.
- He helped in the design of the multiple choice form of the pencil-in bubbles used in the 20th-century and the scoring machine that automatically read these forms, saving many hours in manual clerk labor.
- His concepts of intelligence tests were expanded to the accounting fields.
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