Josiah P. Cooke

Josiah P. Cooke was an American chemist, writer and mineralogist (1827–1894). He was born at Boston and died at Newport.

Also recorded as Josiah Parsons Cooke Jr.; Josiah Parsons Cooke; Cooke J P; Josiah Cooke.

Josiah P. Cooke in brief

Born
1827
Died
1894
Known for
chemist, writer and mineralogist
Place of birth
Boston
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Josiah Parsons Cooke Jr., Josiah Parsons Cooke, Cooke J P and Josiah Cooke. His recorded language was English.

He was the child of Josiah Parsons Cooke. He married Mary Hinckley Huntington.

Career and activity

Josiah P. Cooke worked in chemistry and mineralogy.

He was employed by Harvard University. He belonged to National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Catalogued works

8 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1860 to 1876.

First principles of chemical philosophy. Elements of chemical physics, dated 1860. The new chemistry / by Josiah P. Cooke., dated 1874, held by Wellcome Collection. Memoir of Thomas Graham / [Josiah P. Cooke]., dated 1870, held by Wellcome Collection. The new chemistry / by Josiah P. Cooke, Jr., dated 1876, held by Wellcome Collection. First principles of chemical philosophy / Josiah P. Cooke, Jr., dated 1870, held by Wellcome Collection. On the aqueous lines of the solar spectrum / by Josiah P. Cooke., dated [1866?], held by Wellcome Collection. Men, women and child slaves near Tete, Mozambique, are forced to walk through the fields fettered at the neck and wrists. Wood engraving by J.W. Whymper after J.B. Zwecker., dated [1865], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 14 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Cooke, Josiah Parsons, Jr. (1827-1894), chemist, American National Biography Online, 2000. Josiah Parsons Cooke of Harvard, Journal of Chemical Education, 1982. <i>Laboratory Practice</i> . By Josiah Parsons Cooke, LL.D. New York, Appleton. 16°. $1, Science, 1891. Physical chemistry before Ostwald: The textbooks of Josiah Parsons Cooke, Bulletin for the History of Chemistry, 2011.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (64121059). Those registers additionally record the forms Josiah P. Cooke, Jr. , 1827-1894, Josiah P. Cooke Harvard mineralogist and chemist, Josiah P. Cooke, 1827-1894, Josiah P Cooke and Josiah P. Cooke, Harvard Üniversitesi kimya profesörü (1827 – 1894).

Digitised editions and texts

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Cooke, Josiah P. undated [to S. Watson] — Internet Archive. Cooke, Josiah P. Oct. 27, 1891 [to S. Watson] (1891) — Internet Archive. Cooke, Josiah P. Oct. 22, 1889 [to S. Watson] (1889) — Internet Archive. The new chemistry. (1879) — Internet Archive. Scientific Culture, and Other Essays: Second Edition; with Additions — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 9 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 6 deposited research records (DataCite Commons). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Josiah P. Cooke studied at Harvard University, Harvard College and Boston Latin School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is chemistry and mineralogy.

Employment is recorded with Harvard University. Membership is recorded of National Academy of Sciences and American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Distinctions recorded are Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Chronology

  1. 1827Josiah P. Cooke born at Boston.
  2. 1860Elements of chemical physics.
  3. 1870Memoir of Thomas Graham / [Josiah P. Cooke]. (Wellcome Collection).
  4. 1870First principles of chemical philosophy / Josiah P. Cooke, Jr. (Wellcome Collection).
  5. 1874The new chemistry / by Josiah P. Cooke. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1876The new chemistry / by Josiah P. Cooke, Jr. (Wellcome Collection).
  7. 1879The new chemistry. digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1889Cooke, Josiah P. Oct. 22, 1889 [to S. Watson] digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1891Cooke, Josiah P. Oct. 27, 1891 [to S. Watson] digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 1894Josiah P. Cooke died at Newport.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    “Josiah Parsons Cooke”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q904911: Josiah P. Cooke

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