Evelyn Wood

Evelyn Wood

Evelyn Wood may refer to:

* Evelyn Wood (British army officer), (1838–1919), Field marshal, Victoria Cross recipient
* Evelyn Wood (teacher), American educator and advocate of the Reading Dynamics system for speed reading


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  • Evelyn Wood — aus Celebrities of the Army, London 1900 Sir Evelyn Henry Wood VC, GCB, GCMG (* 9. Februar 1838 in Cressing, Braintree (Essex); † 2. Dezember 1919 in Harlow (Essex)) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Evelyn Wood (teacher) — Evelyn Wood (January 8, 1909 ndash; August 26, 1995), sometimes known as the Pioneer of Speed Reading, learned how to read quickly by watching fast readers. She coined the phrase, speed reading and developed a system that was taught in seminars.… …   Wikipedia

  • Evelyn Wood (British Army officer) — Infobox Military Person name=Sir Evelyn Wood lived=1838 1919 caption= nicknames= placeofbirth=Braintree, Essex placeofdeath= allegiance=United Kingdom branch=British Army serviceyears= rank=Field Marshal unit= commands= battles=Crimean War,… …   Wikipedia

  • Evelyn Henry Wood — Evelyn Wood aus Celebrities of the Army, London 1900 Sir Evelyn Henry Wood VC, GCB, GCMG (* 9. Februar 1838 in Cressing, Braintree (Essex); † 2. Dezember 1919 in Harlow (Essex)) britischer Feldmarschall; Sirdar ( …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Evelyn Baring, Earl of Cromer — Evelyn Baring, 1. Earl of Cromer um 1885 Evelyn Baring, 1. Earl of Cromer um 1900 Evelyn Baring, 1. Earl of Cromer, GCB, OM …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Evelyn Baring, 1. Earl of Cromer — Evelyn Baring, von John Singer Sargent …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Wood (surname) — Wood, also spelled Wode, Woode, Woodde, or Wad is a surname that is common throughout the anglophone world.In England, Wales and the Isle of Man it is the 26th most common surname [cite web last = first = authorlink = coauthors = title =Most… …   Wikipedia

  • Evelyn Woodhead Speed Reading Course — is a parody of the numerous speed reading courses available in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s written by Cheech and Chong that first appeared on the 1973 album Los Cochinos . The title specifically refers to the Evelyn Wood… …   Wikipedia

  • Evelyn — Infobox Given Name Revised name = Evelyn imagesize= caption= pronunciation= gender = Female or Male meaning = little bird region = origin = English / Germanic related names = Evelyne, Evelynne, Evelin and Eveline footnotes = Evelyn is a surname,… …   Wikipedia

  • Wood, Evelyn — ▪ 1996       U.S. educator who developed a speed reading technique that came to be recommended by presidents and used by politicians and students; she lent her name in 1959 to a Reading Dynamics Institute that promised to boost reading speed from …   Universalium

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