James Woods (Canadian business executive)
Sir James Woods KBE (1855 – April 25, 1941) was a Canadian industrialist and philanthropist who was knighted in 1915 for wartime industrial work and named knight commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1917 for his work as a member of the British War Commission in New York.
Sir James Woods KBE | |
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| Born | 1855 Woodstock, Canada West |
| Died | April 25, 1941 (aged 85–86) |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Spouse | Euphemia Douglas (married June 8, 1880) |
| Children | two sons, two daughters living at the time of his death |
In 1928, he was vice-president of Imperial Bank of Canada.
He was president of York Knitting Mills Ltd. and of Gordon Mackay and Company Ltd., a wholesale dry goods company. Archives of Gordon Mackay are held by Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario.
In 1930, he proposed a merger of knitting mill companies including Zimmerknit and Gordon Mackay.
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