Sir Robert Henry Woods was an Irish surgeon and otorhinolaryngologist and also an independent Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom parliament.
Occupation
politician, surgeon
Position held
member of the 31st Parliament of the United Kingdom, president, president
Sir Robert Henry Woods (27 April 1865 – 8 September 1938) was an Irish surgeon and otorhinolaryngologist and also an Independent Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament.
Personal life
He was born at Tullamore, King's County (now County Offaly), the son of Christopher Woods and Dorothea Lowe.
He attended Wesley College, Dublin and Trinity College Dublin as well as studying in Vienna, before graduating in medicine in 1889.
In August 1894, he married Margaret Shaw, daughter of county court judge James Johnston Shaw; they raised five children.
