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Thomas Woodhouse
1862–1933
A practical voice from the great textile age, this British writer turned deep hands-on knowledge of weaving, design, and machinery into clear books for students and workers. His work opens a window onto the mills, classrooms, and industrial craft of early 20th-century Dundee.
2 Audiobooks
The jute industry : from seed to finished cloth
by Thomas Woodhouse, Peter Kilgour
Cordage and cordage hemp and fibres
by Thomas Woodhouse, Peter Kilgour
About the author
Born in 1862 and dying in 1933, Thomas Woodhouse was a textile educator and technical writer closely linked with Dundee, one of Britain’s key centers of jute and linen manufacturing. Sources describing his books identify him as head of the Weaving and Designing Department at Dundee Technical College and School of Art, and note that he had earlier worked as a manager for Walton & Co., linen manufacturers, bleachers, and finishers in Knaresborough.
He is best known for practical books on textile production and design, including The Jute Industry: From Seed to Finished Cloth, Textile Design: Pure and Applied (with Thomas Milne), Textile Mathematics, Textile Machine Drawing, and Yarn Counts and Calculations. His writing is direct and work-focused, aimed at helping readers understand how fabrics were designed, woven, and finished in real industrial settings.
Woodhouse’s books remain useful today not only as technical manuals but also as vivid records of how textile knowledge was taught and organized in the early 1900s. I couldn’t confirm a suitable portrait image from reliable page images during this search, so no profile image is included.