Charles Montague Cooke Jr
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Charles Montague Cooke, Jr. (1874–1948) was an American malacologist who published under the name of C. Montague Cooke or C.M. Cooke.
on December 20, 1874.
He was from a wealthy family descended from two early missionaries to Hawaii. His mother was Anna Rice Cooke
(1853–1934), a patron of the arts in Honolulu and founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
. His father was Charles Montague Cooke
(1849–1909), co-founder of the Bank of Hawaii
and benefactor of educational institutions such as Kamehameha Schools
, Punahou School
, and the Waikiki Aquarium
. His grandfather Amos Starr Cooke
(1810–1871) founded Castle & Cooke
.
Cooke graduated from Punahou School in 1893, and Yale University
, with a Bachelor of Arts
in 1897 and a Ph.D.
in 1901.
He married Eliza Lefferts (1880–1970) from Flatbush, New York on April 25, 1901.
They traveled through Europe before returning to Hawaii.
They built a grand estate in Manoa Valley, the Charles Montague Cooke, Jr., House
, also known as Kualii, which is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places listings in Oahu
.
They had two children: Carolene Alexander Cooke (1905–?) and Charles Montague Cooke III (1907–1952).
Unlike his father and younger brothers such as Clarence Hyde Cooke
who became financiers, his interests were in the field of malacology
, the study of molluscs.
His cousin Annie Montague Alexander
(1867–1950) also became a scientist.
From 1902 he was a curator of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum collection of Pulmonata
(snails) in Honolulu.
In 1905 he bought the extensive collection of shells from early evolution
scientist John Thomas Gulick.
Cooke led the museum's Mangarevan Expedition
in 1934. He worked with Henry Augustus Pilsbry
to identify species of snails in the Hawaiian Islands
. He took several expeditions with Kenneth Emory
through the South Pacific.
He directed the Cooke Foundation (created by his parents) from 1920 to 1948.
From November 13, 1909 to April 30, 1914 he was on the board of regents of the University of Hawaii
(then known as the College of Hawaii). From February 4, 1911 to July 1, 1913 he was on the Honolulu Parks Commission, and from July 1919 to June 1920 the Fish and Game Commission.
The University of Hawaii granted him an honorary doctorate in 1936.
A street near the museum was named Monte Cooke Place for him, at 21°19′57"N 157°52′1"W.
He died October 29, 1948 and was buried at the Mission Houses Cemetery near Kawaiahaʻo Church.
His assistant Yoshio Kondō
became the new curator at the Bishop Museum.
Life
Charles Montague Cooke, Jr. was born in Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu, Hawaii
Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and...
on December 20, 1874.
He was from a wealthy family descended from two early missionaries to Hawaii. His mother was Anna Rice Cooke
Anna Rice Cooke
Anna Rice Cooke was a patron of the arts and the founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts.-Biography:Anna Charlotte Rice was born on September 5, 1853 into a prominent missionary family on Oahu, Hawaii. Her father was teacher William Harrison Rice , and her mother was Mary Sophia Hyde. Anna grew...
(1853–1934), a patron of the arts in Honolulu and founder of the Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Academy of Arts
The Honolulu Academy of Arts is an art museum in Honolulu in the state of Hawaii. Since its founding in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke and opening April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to over 40,000 works of art.-Description:...
. His father was Charles Montague Cooke
Charles Montague Cooke
Charles Montague Cooke was a businessman during the Kingdom of Hawaii, Republic of Hawaii and Territory of Hawaii.-Life:Charles Montague Cooke was born May 6, 1849 in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father was Amos Starr Cooke co-founder of Castle & Cooke...
(1849–1909), co-founder of the Bank of Hawaii
Bank of Hawaii
The Bank of Hawaii Corporation is a regional commercial bank headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. It is Hawaii's second oldest bank and its largest locally owned bank in that majority of the voting stockholders reside within the state...
and benefactor of educational institutions such as Kamehameha Schools
Kamehameha Schools
Kamehameha Schools , formerly called Kamehameha Schools/Bishop Estate , is a private co-educational college-preparatory institution that specializes in Native Hawaiian language and cultural education. It is located in Hawaii and operates three campuses: Kapālama , Pukalani , and Keaau...
, Punahou School
Punahou School
Punahou School, once known as Oahu College, is a private, co-educational, college preparatory school located in Honolulu CDP, City and County of Honolulu in the U.S. State of Hawaii...
, and the Waikiki Aquarium
Waikiki Aquarium
]The Waikiki Aquarium is a marine science institution in the City and County of Honolulu and the State of Hawaii. Founded in 1904, this marine aquarium is the third oldest public aquarium in the United States...
. His grandfather Amos Starr Cooke
Amos Starr Cooke
Amos Starr Cooke was an educator and businessman in the Kingdom of Hawaii. He was patriarch of a family that influenced Hawaii during the 20th century.-Life:Amos Starr Cooke was born in Danbury, Connecticut, December 1, 1810....
(1810–1871) founded Castle & Cooke
Castle & Cooke
Castle & Cooke, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based company that was once part of the Big Five companies in territorial Hawaii. The company at one time did most of its business in agriculture...
.
Cooke graduated from Punahou School in 1893, and Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
in 1897 and a Ph.D.
Ph.D.
A Ph.D. is a Doctor of Philosophy, an academic degree.Ph.D. may also refer to:* Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*Piled Higher and Deeper, a web comic strip*PhD: Phantasy Degree, a Korean comic series* PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
in 1901.
He married Eliza Lefferts (1880–1970) from Flatbush, New York on April 25, 1901.
They traveled through Europe before returning to Hawaii.
They built a grand estate in Manoa Valley, the Charles Montague Cooke, Jr., House
Charles Montague Cooke, Jr., House and Kuka'O'O Heiau
Charles Montague Cooke, Jr., House and Kūkaōō Heiau is a property in Honolulu, Hawaii. The house, also known as Kualii , was built in 1911–1912 for Charles Montague Cooke, Jr., and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985...
, also known as Kualii, which is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places listings in Oahu
National Register of Historic Places listings in Oahu
This is a list of properties and districts on the Hawaiian island of Oahu that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Oahu is the only major island in Honolulu County. The location of the city of Honolulu, Oahu is the most populous island in the state. There are 149 properties and...
.
They had two children: Carolene Alexander Cooke (1905–?) and Charles Montague Cooke III (1907–1952).
Unlike his father and younger brothers such as Clarence Hyde Cooke
Clarence Hyde Cooke
-Life:Clarence Cooke was born April 17, 1876 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the second son of Charles Montague Cooke and Anna Rice Cooke, and grandson of New England Congregational missionaries to Hawaii Amos Starr Cooke and William Harrison Rice, and thus partial heir to the fortune of Castle &...
who became financiers, his interests were in the field of malacology
Malacology
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology which deals with the study of the Mollusca , the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, octopus and squid, and numerous other kinds, many of which have shells...
, the study of molluscs.
His cousin Annie Montague Alexander
Annie Montague Alexander
Annie Montague Alexander was an American philanthropist and paleontological collector. She established the University of California Museum of Paleontology , Museum of Vertebrate Zoology , and financed their collections as well as a series of paleontological expeditions to the western United States...
(1867–1950) also became a scientist.
From 1902 he was a curator of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum collection of Pulmonata
Pulmonata
The Pulmonata, or "pulmonates", are an informal group of snails and slugs characterized by the ability to breathe air, by virtue of having a pallial lung instead of a gill, or gills...
(snails) in Honolulu.
In 1905 he bought the extensive collection of shells from early evolution
Evolution
Evolution is any change across successive generations in the heritable characteristics of biological populations. Evolutionary processes give rise to diversity at every level of biological organisation, including species, individual organisms and molecules such as DNA and proteins.Life on Earth...
scientist John Thomas Gulick.
Cooke led the museum's Mangarevan Expedition
Mangarevan Expedition
The Mangarevan Expedition of 1934 was a scientific expedition to investigate the natural history of the farthest southeastern islands of Polynesia, including Mangareva. It was a comprehensive natural history expedition of a kind more common during the previous century. Sponsored by the Bernice P...
in 1934. He worked with Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry
Henry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
to identify species of snails in the Hawaiian Islands
Hawaiian Islands
The Hawaiian Islands are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles from the island of Hawaii in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll...
. He took several expeditions with Kenneth Emory
Kenneth Emory
Kenneth Pike Emory was an American anthropologist who played a key role in shaping modern anthropology in Oceania. In the tradition of A. L...
through the South Pacific.
He directed the Cooke Foundation (created by his parents) from 1920 to 1948.
From November 13, 1909 to April 30, 1914 he was on the board of regents of the University of Hawaii
University of Hawaii
The University of Hawaii System, formally the University of Hawaii and popularly known as UH, is a public, co-educational college and university system that confers associate, bachelor, master, and doctoral degrees through three university campuses, seven community college campuses, an employment...
(then known as the College of Hawaii). From February 4, 1911 to July 1, 1913 he was on the Honolulu Parks Commission, and from July 1919 to June 1920 the Fish and Game Commission.
The University of Hawaii granted him an honorary doctorate in 1936.
A street near the museum was named Monte Cooke Place for him, at 21°19′57"N 157°52′1"W.
He died October 29, 1948 and was buried at the Mission Houses Cemetery near Kawaiahaʻo Church.
His assistant Yoshio Kondō
Yoshio Kondo
Yoshio Kondo was a biologist and malacologist. He spent virtually his entire life in Hawaii, with the exception of a number of collecting expeditions, primarily to islands in the Pacific Ocean , and his time spent at Harvard University, where he received a Ph.D. under the direction of William J...
became the new curator at the Bishop Museum.
Works
Ph.D. dissertation- Alpheus HyattAlpheus HyattAlpheus Hyatt was an American zoologist and palaeontologist.- Biography :Alpheus Hyatt II was born in Washington, D.C. to Alpheus Hyatt and Harriet Randolph Hyatt...
and Henry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus PilsbryHenry Augustus Pilsbry was an American biologist, malacologist and carcinologist, among other areas of study. He was a dominant presence in many fields of invertebrate taxonomy for the better part of a century...
. 1911. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 21. AchatinellidaeAchatinellidaeAchatinellidae is a family of tropical air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Achatinelloidea.- Taxonomy :...
(Amastrinae). LeptachatinaLeptachatinaLeptachatina is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Amastridae.-References:*...
by C. Montague Cooke. (The volume was published after Hyatt's death in 1902.) (Amastridae is now considered to be a sole family.) - 1912-1914. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 22. Achatinellidae by Henry A. Pilsbry assisted by C. Montague Cooke. Genealogy and migrations of the Achatinellidae by Alpheus Hyatt.
- Henry A. Pilsbry & C. Montague Cooke. 1915-1916. Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 23. Appendix to AmastridaeAmastridaeAmastridae is a taxonomic family of small, air-breathing, land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Cochlicopoidea....
. Tornatellinidae. Index, vols. XXI-XXIII. - H. A. Pilsbry & Cooke C. M. 1918-1920 Manual of Conchology. Second series: Pulmonata. Volume 25. Pupillidae (Gastrocoptinae, Vertigininae). Philadelphia.
- C. M. Cooke & Henry Edward Crampton (1930) "New species of Partula". B. P. Bishop. Mus. Occ. Papers 9: 3-5.