Josiah Parsons Cooke

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Josiah Parsons Cooke

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Josiah Parsons Cooke's Degrees

• PhD Chemistry University of Göttingen

Why Is Josiah Parsons Cooke Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Josiah Parsons Cooke was an American chemist who worked at Harvard University and was instrumental in the measurement of atomic weights, inspiring America's first Nobel laureate in chemistry, Theodore William Richards, to pursue similar research. Cooke's 1854 paper on atomic weights has been said to foreshadow the periodic law developed later by Mendeleev and others. Historian I. Bernard Cohen described Cooke "as the first university chemist to do truly distinguished work in the field of chemistry" in the United States.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Josiah Parsons Cooke?

Josiah Parsons Cooke is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Göttingen
• Harvard University