Edgar Wood was born the son of a mill owner in Middleton, near Manchester, Lancashire, England, on 17 May 1860. He trained as an architect with William Mills (1814-1905) and James Murgatroyd (1830-1894) in Manchester from 1878 to 1883. Having qualified in 1885 Wood set up in private practice that year in Middleton. He moved his office to Manchester in 1892. From 1900 to 1922 Wood was in partnership with James Henry Sellers (1861-1954). Architectural projects by Wood included the Manchester and County Bank building in Long Street, Middleton (1889); Temple Street Baptist Church in Middleton (1889); the Manchester and Salford Bank building in Middleton (1892), several private houses in Middleton, Rochdale, Hale and Huddersfield (between 1891-98); Silver Street, Rochdale (1898); Long Street Wesleyan Church and Schools in Middleton (1899-1901); Banney Royd in Edgerton, Halifax (1900); alterations to Newbold Revel in Stratton-under-Fosse, Warwickshire (1900); the Clock Tower in Lindley, Huddersfield (1901-02); solicitors' offices in King Street, Oldham (1901-02); Richardson's Estate in Hale, Cheshire (1901-02); Gatehouse in Crosland Road, lidley (1902); the First Church of Christ Scientist in Victoria Park, Manchester (1903); a house at Dore in Sheffield (1904); four houses in Plane Tree Road, Hale, Cheshire (1907); the Pilkington Tiles Pavilion at the White City Exhibition on London (1908); houses for the Fairfield Moravian Settlement in Droylsden, Manchester (1913-39); and Royd House.