WOOD, MRS. HENRY [ELLEN] (1814-1887), English novelist, was born at Worcester on Jan. 17, 1814. Her maiden name was Price; her father was a glove manufacturer in Wor cester. She married Henry Wood in 1836, and after her marriage lived for the most part in France, her husband, who died in 1866, being at the head of a large shipping and banking firm. In 186o she wrote a temperance tale, Danesbury House. Her first great
success was made with East Lynne 0860 which was translated into several languages, and was dramatized with great success. Other novels followed. She became proprietor and editor of the Argosy magazine in 1867. She died on Feb. 20, 1887.