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Encyclopedia entry: Cook, William Harrison
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DONALD J.C. PHILLIPSON
Canadian Encyclopedia
01-01-2002
Cook, William Harrison
Author: DONALD J.C. PHILLIPSON
Cook, William Harrison , chemist (b at Alnwick, Eng 2 Sept 1903; d at Ottawa 18 May 1993). Living on an Alberta homestead from age 8, Cook began his formal education at agricultural school at 17 which led to the University of Alberta and Stanford (PhD 1931). From 1924 he assisted RobertNEWTON's research on drying damp wheat, joined theNATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL staff under Newton in 1932 and succeeded him as director of biology in 1941.
A natural engineer, Cook worked as a young scientist on constant-condition chambers (ie, refrigerated greenhouses to ...
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