George Willis Cooke

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George Willis Cooke
Born	(1848-04-23)April 23, 1848 Comstock, Michigan
Died	April 30, 1923(1923-04-30) (aged 75) Revere, Massachusetts
Nationality	American
Education	Meadville Theological School
Occupation	Minister, writer, editor and lecturer
Known for	Unitarian minister
Notable work	Unitarianism in America (1902)
Spouse(s)	Lucy Nash Mary Lydia Legget
Children	Florence 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[]

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

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

Works[]

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[]

• 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[]

• History of Unitarianism

References[]

External links[]

• Works by George Willis Cooke at Project Gutenberg

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