John Frederic Greenwood was born in Rochdale and studied at Shipley and Bradford Schools of Art (1904-08) and at the RCA.(1908-11),Battersea Polytechnic (1912-27),Bradford School of Art (1927-37) and was Head of the Design School at Leeds College of Art until 1948. He was elected ARE in 1922, RE 1939, RBA 1940. He was mainly a wood engraver and printmaker and had his first wood engraving exhibited at tht SWE. in 1921. Ref; Peppin, Horne, Garrett.