George Hammell Cook

Author : Rutgers University
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ISBN 13 : 9781331940463
Total Pages : 56 pages
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Download or read book Addresses Commemorative of George Hammell Cook, Ph.D., LL. D., Professor of Geology and Agriculture in Rutgers College written by Rutgers University and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Addresses Commemorative of George Hammell Cook, Ph.D., LL. D., Professor of Geology and Agriculture in Rutgers College: Delivered Before the Trustees, Faculty, Alumni, Students and Friends of the College, June 17, 1890, Together With a Biographical Sketch Read by Request Before the New Jersey Historical Society at Trenton, January 28, 1890 He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, and afterward of the Legislature, where he was one of the active men, always a member of the great committees. He was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the Morris Militia, and was a member of the Provincial Congress of 1776, which organized the State by its constitution. Where important work was to be done, there, like his distinguished great-grandson, we find him quietly doing it. Doctor Cook was married on March 26th, 1846, to Mary Halsey Thomas. Mrs. Cook, two sons and two daughters survive. As a boy Doctor Cook attended the country school of his native town. In 1836 he served on the survey for the Morris and Essex Railroad, and then on that of the Catskill and Canajoharie road. In December, 1838, he entered the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, and graduated thence with the degree of C. E. in 1839. He there acquired, under the inspiration of the famous teacher, Amos Eaton, that love for the natural sciences which distinguished him, and which has borne fruit to the great advantage of his native State and of a wide circle of friends and pupils - a notable instance of the power and far-reaching influence of the enthusiastic and magnetic teacher. After graduation. Doctor Cook was employed as a tutor, then as adjunct professor, and from 1842 to 1846 as senior professor in the Institute. In 1846 he removed to Albany, where for two years he was engaged in business, and from 1848 to 1851 was Professor of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in the Albany Academy, and from 1851 to 1853 he was Principal of the Academy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.