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Cook, James, 1728-1779 (204)
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James Cook (b. November 7, 1728, Marton, Great Britan-d. February 14, 1779, Hawaii) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. He became an apprentice to some shipowners in Whitby. In 1759 he became master of his own ship, the Northumberland. The following winter, while laid up in Halifax, he studied mathematics and attained a sound knowledge of astronomical navigation. Cook went on to become an eminent circumnavigator. He made many geographical discoverie...
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Cook, James (41)
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Epithet: of Mincing Lane James Cook was an entomologist employed by Washington State University. Beginning in 1980 he undertook investigation of effect of deposits of volcanic ash on insects. His project was one of several investigations at Washington State University following the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in May of 1980 and related deposition of volcanic ash over a broad band across Eastern Washington and North Idaho. Investigation basically disclosed that volcanic as...
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Cook, James F. (8)
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James F. Cook, professor of history, Floyd College in Rome, Georgia. Author of several books on Georgia history and politics. For The new Georgia Encyclopedia, he authored articles on the Cocking Affair, George Busbee, Carl Vinson, and Carl Sanders. James F. Cook was born in the Panama Canal Zone on December 3, 1940, and grew up in Washington, D.C. He earned his B.A. from Emory University in 1962, his M.A. from Georgia State University in 1964, and his Ph.D. from the Uni...
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Bardin, James Cook 1887- (9)
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Cook, James M., 1858- (6)
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Born in Washington County, Arkansas, James M. Cook (1858-1940), also known as "Jim Lane," was a cattle rancher and manager of the XIT Ranch, one of the largest cattle ranches in Texas. After his service in the Civil War as a captain in the Confederate Army, Cook settled in Texas and became a cattle rancher. In 1888, he became foreman for the XIT Ranch's Escarbada Division. Cook was elected sheriff of Deaf Smith County in 1890, only to be fired a year later for killing a cowboy. Following the...
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Conkling, James Cook, 1816-1889 (7)
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Conkling was a Springfield, Illinois, lawyer, mayor, state legislator, and founder of the Lincoln Monument Association.
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Cook, Harold James, 1887-1962. (5)
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Harold J. Cook experienced firsthand the discovery and development of a world famous fossil site on his family's ranch. Having witnessed recovery of rare and scientifically significant specimens, he strove to have the site preserved for the public trust. Three years after his death, Agate Fossil Beds National Monument was established. Harold James Cook was born July 3, 1887 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, the only child of Captain James H. and Kate Graham Cook. Six weeks after Harold's birth the family...
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Evans, James Cook (2)
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Epithet: barrister, Of London
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Cook, James H. (2)
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Conkling, James Cook, 1816-1899, (3)
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