Blackwood
From Freepedia
Blackwood can refer to:
- Acacia melanoxylon and its wood
As a place:
- Blackwood, New Jersey in the United States
- Blackwood (traditionally in Monmouthshire) in Wales, United Kingdom
- Blackwood, Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland, United Kingdom
- Blackwood, South Lanarkshire in Scotland, United Kingdom
As a surname:
- Captain Henry Blackwood of the Royal Navy.
- Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava
- Algernon Blackwood, a British writer of ghost stories.
- Easley Blackwood, professor of music and author of books on music theory.
- Easley Blackwood, his father, originator of the Blackwood convention.
- James Blackwood, an American gospel singer
- The Blackwood Brothers, American gospel singers
In bridge:
Maritime:
- A Royal Navy warship, HMS Blackwood, named after Captain Henry Blackwood.
- A class of ship in the Royal Navy, the Type 14 Blackwood-class frigate, also named after the captain.
