About the Author

Gregory Wood

Historian and Educator

Gregory Wood has documented the French and Acadian experience in Maryland since 1973. Of Acadian and Quebecois heritage on his maternal side, Greg spent 40 years in foreign language instruction (French and Spanish) and is the author of three books, numerous articles, and a family history. His third book Becoming the Frenchified State of Maryland was published in June 2022.

Education and Experience
  • 1967-1968: Sophomore Year Abroad at L’Université Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France
  • 1970: A.B. in Modern Languages, University of Notre Dame
  • 1971: M.A.T., Johns Hopkins University
  • 1970-2011: Language teaching career on the secondary level
  • 1975: Awarded a writing grant by the Maryland Bicentennial Commission
  • 1976: Workshop presenter, Northeast Conference, New York City
  • 1978: The French Presence in Maryland, 1524-1800 (Baltimore: Gateway Press), 234 pp.
  • 1983: Awarded a summer study fellowship by the Council for Basic Education/National Endowment for the Humanities; research in Paris, Louisiana, and New Brunswick (Canada)
  • 1995: A Guide to the Acadians in Maryland in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (Baltimore: Gateway Press), 395 pp.
  • 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024: Participant in the Congrès Mondial Acadien
  • 2000 (April): Workshop presenter, Northeast Conference, Washington, DC
  • 2005 (November): Workshop presenter, Annual ACTFL conference
  • 2011, 2015, 2022, 2025: Participant in the Grand Réveil Acadien (Louisiana)
  • 2014: Contributor to the anthology Acadie: Then and Now/Acadie Hier et Aujourd’hui, ed. Warren Perrin, Mary Broussard Perrin, Phil Comeau (Opelousas: Andrepont Publishing/Acadian Heritage and Cultural Foundation), 470 pp.
  • 2015: Acadie Then and Now awarded the Prix France-Acadie
  • 2018: Corecipient of the Maryland Historical Trust Preservation Award for Excellence in Media and Publications for the website acadienswerehere.org
  • 2018: Inducted into the Order of Living Legends, Museum of Erath, Louisiana
  • 2022: Becoming the Frenchified State of Maryland: Reflections on the Lives and Contributions of Acadians, Saint-Domingue Refugees, and European Émigrés (Baltimore: Otter Bay Books), 1553 pp.