Thomas Barlow Wood

Thomas Barlow Wood was a British chemist and agricultural scientist who researched animal nutrition, published an influential paper on experimental error, and was one of researchers who isolated cannabinol. He was associated with the School of Agriculture at the University of Cambridge almost from its foundation; he held the Drapers' chair of agriculture (1907–29), and the school's prestige grew under his leadership. He also directed the Animal Nutrition Research Institute at Cambridge, served as the first editor-in-chief of The Journal of Agricultural Science (1905–29) and was a fellow of Gonville and Caius College (1908–29). His textbooks include The Story of a Loaf of Bread (1913), Food Economy in Wartime, The Chemistry of Crop Production (1920) and Animal Nutrition (1924). He received the CBE, and was an elected fellow of the Royal Society and the Institute of Chemistry.