Edward B. C. Woodbury (1890-1978) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Chichester, West Sussex, England. He was the youngest child of Mary Baker Eddy's student Josephine Curtis Woodbury. He was legally named Prince at birth, and he was also commonly called Prince of Peace. His mother claimed his birth was the result of an immaculate conception, but in fact she had been having an affair with a man in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who was his biological father. This event caused controversy among Eddy's students and further strained an already difficult relationship between his mother and Eddy.
Sometime in the early 1910s, following his mother's permanent break with Eddy and Christian Science, he traveled to England with his mother to complete his education. While there, his name was changed to Edward Berkeley Cherlton Woodbury, and in 1916 he became a naturalized British citizen under that name. In 1929 he married Pamela A. Woodbury (b. Sutherland), a journalist, in London, England, and they settled in St. John's Wood, Middlesex, England, where Woodbury's occupation was listed as a "gentleman." They later lived in Marylebone, London.
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Edward B. C. Woodbury (1890-1978) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Chichester, West Sussex, England. He was the youngest child of Mary Baker Eddy's student Josephine Curtis Woodbury. He was legally named Prince at birth, and he was also commonly called Prince of Peace. His mother claimed his birth was the result of an immaculate conception, but in fact she had been having an affair with a man in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, who was his biological father. This event caused controversy among Eddy's students and further strained an already difficult relationship between his mother and Eddy.
Sometime in the early 1910s, following his mother's permanent break with Eddy and Christian Science, he traveled to England with his mother to complete his education. While there, his name was changed to Edward Berkeley Cherlton Woodbury, and in 1916 he became a naturalized British citizen under that name. In 1929 he married Pamela A. Woodbury (b. Sutherland), a journalist, in London, England, and they settled in St. John's Wood, Middlesex, England, where Woodbury's occupation was listed as a "gentleman." They later lived in Marylebone, London.
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