American chemist; born in Boston, MA, on the 12th of October 1827; educated at Boston and Harvard; tutor in mathematics at Harvard in 1849, and later instructor in chemistry, Erving professor of chemistry and mineralogy and director of the chemical laboratory. His alma mater and the University of Cambridge, England, have conferred several honorary degrees upon Dr. Cooke for his valuable works. These include Chemical Problems and Reactions (1853); Elements of Chemical Physics (1860); Principles of Chemical Philosophy (1866); The New Chemistry (1871); Religion and Chemistry (1864); The Credentials of Science the Warrant of Faith (1888).
