George Willis Cooke

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George Willis Cooke
Born(1848-04-23)April 23, 1848
DiedApril 30, 1923(1923-04-30) (aged 75)
NationalityAmerican
EducationMeadville Theological School
Occupation(s)Minister, writer, editor and lecturer
Known forUnitarian minister
Notable workUnitarianism in America (1902)
Spouses
  • Lucy Nash
  • Mary Lydia Legget
ChildrenFlorence
Marian
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George Willis Cooke (1848–1923) was a Unitarian minister, writer, editor and lecturer. He is best known for Unitarianism in America, his history of that movement in the 19th century, and for his work on Transcendentalist writers and publications.[1]

Biography[edit]

George Willis Cooke was born in Comstock, Michigan on April 23, 1848.[2]

He died in Revere, Massachusetts on April 30, 1923.[3]

Works[edit]

Further works, published online, are available from University of Pennsylvania and from Google books.

  • Cooke, George Willis (1881). Ralph Waldo Emerson: His Life, Writings, and Philosophy (2 ed.). Boston: James R. Osgood. Online publication
  • Cooke, George Willis (1883). George Eliot: A Critical Study of Her Life, Writings, and Philosophy (2 ed.). Boston: James R. Osgood.
  • Cooke, George Willis (1887). A History of the Clapboard Trees or Third Parish, Dedham, Mass., Now the Unitarian Parish, West Dedham, 1736-1886. Boston: George H. Ellis.
  • Cooke, George Willis (1891). A Guide-Book to the Poetic and Dramatic works of Robert Browning. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin.
  • Cooke, George Willis (1893). The Spiritual Life: Studies of Devotion and Worship. Boston: George H. Ellis.
  • Cooke, George Willis (1898). John Sullivan Dwight, Brook-farmer, editor, and critic of music: a biography. Boston: Small, Maynard. hdl:2027/hvd.hw2goe.
  • Cooke, George Willis (1902). Unitarianism in America: a history of its origin and development. Boston: American Unitarian Association. Online publication
  • Cooke, George Willis (1902). An Historical and Biographical Introduction to Accompany the Dial. Boston: Small, Maynard.
  • Cooke, George Willis (1906). A Bibliography of James Russell Lowell. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin.
  • Cooke, George Willis (1908). A Bibliography of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin.
  • Cooke, George Willis (1920). The Social Evolution of Religion. Boston: Stratford.

Literature[edit]

  • Howe, Charles A. (October 28, 2000). "George Willis Cooke". Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  • Sunderland, Jabez T. (June 14, 1923). "George Willis Cooke: An Appreciation". Unity.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Howe, Charles A. (October 28, 2000). "George Willis Cooke". Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  2. ^ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. VIII. James T. White & Company. 1924. p. 68. Retrieved January 16, 2021 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Rev Geo. Willis Cooke Dies in Revere". The Boston Globe. Revere. May 1, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved January 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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