George Hammell Cook Explained

George Hammell Cook
Birth Date:5 January 1818
Spouse:Mary Halsey Thomas (1821-?)
Children:Paul Cook (1847-?), Sarah Cook (1849-?). John Willard Cook (1852-?), Emma Willard Cook (1854-?), Anne Bigelow Cook (1857-?), Robert Anderson Cook (1861-?)

George Hammell Cook (January 5, 1818 – September 22, 1889) was the state geologist of New Jersey and vice president of Rutgers College.[1] His geological survey of New Jersey became the predecessor for the U.S. Geological Survey.

Biography

He was born in Hanover Township, New Jersey, on January 5, 1818, to John Cook and Sarah Munn. He married Mary Halsey Thomas on March 23, 1846. He served as the principal of The Albany Academy in Albany, New York from 1850 to 1852.

He came to Rutgers in 1853 and was appointed professor of chemistry. His teaching duties also included mathematics and theology. Among his first research projects was the chemical analysis of marl. This research led him to determine better places to mine marl, which led to his appointment as the assistant state geologist. He published a geological survey of New Jersey to replace the one made in 1840.[2]

In 1864 he was appointed as the state geologist of New Jersey.

He had become a vice president of Rutgers College and was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He died on September 22, 1889, in New Brunswick, New Jersey.[3]

Legacy

Cook College at Rutgers University was named after him,[2] as is the George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Award.[4]

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  1. Cook, George Hammell. x.
  2. Web site: History of Cook College: George H. Cook and the Land Grant College. . 2008-04-29 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080513063517/http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~prspctvs/history_cook.htm . 2008-05-13 .
  3. News: Dr. George H. Cook's Death.; New-Jersey's State Geologist And What He Did For Science. . Dr George H. Cook, the State Geologist and Vice President of Rutgers College, died here suddenly this afternoon of heart failure. Dr. Cock was taken ill yesterday noon, but his illness was not considered at all serious, and his death was totally unexpected. He was one of the most eminent of New-Jersey citizens. . . September 23, 1889 . 2008-07-03 .
  4. Web site: The George Hammell Cook Distinguished Alumni Award . The award, established in 1976, commemorates the life of George Hammell Cook (1818 - 1889) whose efforts helped to bring Land Grant College status to Rutgers and to create the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Dr. Cook's inquisitive and results-oriented spirit remains active in the ideals embodied by the Cook community which includes the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and the George H. Cook campus. This award is presented annually to an alumnus or to alumni whose outstanding accomplishments in professional or volunteer work reflects dignity and distinction on their alma mater. The Cook Award is the highest honor presented by the Cook Alumni Association to undergraduate alumni. . . 2008-07-03 .
  5. Web site: APS Member History. 2021-04-16. search.amphilsoc.org.

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