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Biography: Wood, Cecil Walter

Cecil Walter Wood

Cecil Walter Wood

Retiring by nature, Cecil Wood found himself embroiled in controversy after his eclectic design for St Paul's Cathedral, Wellington, was finalised in 1945.

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Ruth M. Helms. 'Wood, Cecil Walter', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/2170/cecil-walter-wood (accessed 25 June 2026).