Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940

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Explorer, author, and businessman.

From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. [1937-1991] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723117

Physician and polar explor on three expeditions to North Greenland, 1891-1894; part of Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1899.

From the description of Letter from Frederick Albert Cook to S.S. McClure, Ltd., 1894 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 70292749

Cook claimed to have been the first to attain the summit of Mount McKinley (1906) and the North Pole (1908).

From the description of Papers, 1902-1975. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237352182

Physician, explorer, and author.

From the description of Papers, 1881-1977 (bulk 1891-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31816495 From the description of Papers of Frederick Albert Cook, 1881-1977 (bulk 1891-1940). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71072252

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1865, June 10 Born, Hortonville, Sullivan County, N.Y. 1885 1886 Student, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y. 1889 Married Libby Forbes (died 1890) 1890 Graduated (M.D.) University Medical College, New York, N.Y. 1891 1892 Surgeon and ethnologist, North Greenland expedition led by Robert E. Peary 1893 Led Greenland expedition aboard the Zeta 1897 1899 Surgeon and ethnologist, Belgian Antarctic expedition led by Adrien de Gerlache, aboard the Belgica 1900 Published Through the First Antarctic Night (New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. xxiv, 478 pp.) 1901 Surgeon, Robert E. Peary's Greenland expedition aboard the Erik 1902 Married Marie Fidell Hunt (divorced 1923) 1906 Claimed attainment of the summit of Mount McKinley, Alaska 1907, July 3 Gloucester, Mass. Gloucester Greenland Greenland Green Island Greenwood Landing Randall Greene Landing Strip Greenly Island Greenlawn Trailer Park Green Island Greenland Church Green Island Green Island Ledges Green Island Green Island Green Island Green Island Greenland School (historical) Greenlawn Cemetery Green Island Bay Green Island Green Island Pond Green Island Evergreen Landing Green Island Green Island Sailed from Gloucester, Mass., for Greenland aboard the John R. Bradley in preparation for polar expedition 1908 Published To the Top of the Continent (New York: Doubleday, Page & Co. xxi, 321 pp.) 1908, Apr. 21 Claimed discovery of the North Pole 1909, Sept. 1 Telegram from Lerwick, Shetland Islands, announcing Cook's claim 1909, Sept. 6 Robert E. Peary's counterclaim message received 1911 Published My Attainment of the Pole (New York: Polar Publishing Co. xx, 640 pp.) 1915 1916 Led round-the-world expedition, focusing on anthropological study in Borneo 1917 Conducted geological exploration in Wyoming 1923 Convicted of mail fraud in connection with Petroleum Producers' Association stock issue 1925 1930 Inmate, United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kans.; editor of prison newspaper, Leavenworth New Era (later called New Era) 1940, Aug. 5 Died, New Rochelle, N.Y. From the guide to the Frederick Albert Cook Papers, 1881-1977, (bulk 1891-1940), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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