Anna Cogswell Wood, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Anna Cogswell Wood

American writer, art collector, teacher, and the co-founder of Leache-Wood Seminary

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1850

Place of Birth: Winchester, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 09-Feb-1940

Profession: writer, teacher, art collector

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Anna Cogswell Wood

  • Anna "Annie" Cogswell Wood (born in Winchester, VA, August 2, 1850, died in Florence, Italy, February 9, 1940) was an American writer, art collector, teacher, and the co-founder of Leache-Wood Seminary in Norfolk, Virginia.
  • When writing, she wrote under both her own name and the pseudonym Algernon Ridgeway.
  • Upon the death of her friend, Irene Leache, she founded the Irene Leache Memorial Collection, now a part of the Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk.

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