Albert Stanburrough Cook (March 6, 1853 – September 1, 1927) was an American philologist, literary critic, and scholar of Old English. He has been called "the single most powerful American Anglo-Saxonist of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries."[1][2]
Cook was born in Montville, New Jersey.[3] He began working as a mathematics tutor at sixteen and was offered chemistry professorship in Fukui, Japan before entering college, which he declined.[4] He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers College in 1872, writing a thesis on "The Inclined Planes of the Morris Canal," and taught there and at Freehold Academy while completing a Master of Science degree.[4][5]
Having already learned German, he went on to study in Göttingen and Leipzig from 1877 to 1878, where he began learning languages including Latin, Greek, Italian, and Old English.[4] He returned to the United States for two years as an associate in English at Johns Hopkins University,[6] then in 1881 he spent time in London with phoneticist Henry Sweet studying manuscripts of Cynewulf and the Old Northumbrian Gospels at the British Museum.[4] This work allowed him to complete a PhD in 1882 at the University of Jena, where he studied under Eduard Sievers.[1] Cook became a professor of English in the University of California in 1882, where he re-organized the teaching of English in the state of California, introduced English requirements for university admission, and edited many texts for reading in secondary schools.[4][6] He became chair of English language and literature at Yale University in 1889, where he remained for thirty-two years until his death and became a prolific editor of major English works and literary criticism. In contrast to the prejudices of many of his peers, a number of female PhD students - including Elizabeth Deering Hanscom, Martha Anstice Harris, Laura Lockwood, Mary Augusta Scott, and Caroline Louisa White - studied under Cook at a time when such students were rare.[7]
Cook's best-known scholarly work is in Old English and in poetics, fields in which he produced over three hundred publications.[6] He translated, edited, and revised Sievers' Old English Grammar (1885), edited Judith (1888), The Christ of Cynewulf (1900), Asser's Life of King Alfred (1905), and The Dream of the Rood (1905), and prepared A First Book in Old English Grammar (1894). He also edited, with annotations, Sidney's Defense of Poesie (1890); Shelley's Defense of Poetry (1891); Newman's Poetry (1891); Addison's Criticisms on Paradise Lost (1892); The Art of Poetry (1892), being the essays of Horace, Vida and Boileau; and Leigh Hunt's What is Poetry (1893); and published Higher Study of English (1906).[1]
Cook married twice: first to Emily Chamberlain (1886), then to Elizabeth Merrill (1911).[4] He died on September 1, 1927, in New Haven, Connecticut.[8]
Bibliographyedit
Booksedit
The Phonological Investigation of Old English (1888)
Pen Sketches and Reminiscences of Sixty Years (1901)
The Higher Study of English (1906)
Select Translations from Old English Prose (1908)
The Authorized Version of the Bible and Its Influence (1910)
The Last Months of Chaucer's earliest patron (1916)
The Possible Begetter of the Old English Beowulf and Widsith (1922)
The Old English Andreas and Bishop Acca of Hexham (1924)
Cynewulf's Part In Our Beowulf (1925)
The Aims in the Teaching of English Literature (1925)
Beowulfian and Odyssian Voyages (1926)
Sources of the Biography of AIdhelm (1927)
Textbooksedit
Anglo-Saxon (1879)
A First Book in Old English Grammar (1894)
Exercises in Old English (1899)
Literary Middle English Reader (1915)
Reference worksedit
Extracts from the Anglo Saxon Laws (1880)
A Bibliography of Chaucer (1886)
A Glossary of The Old Northumbrian Gospels (1894)
Biblical Quotations in Old English Prose Writers (1898)
A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray (1908)
A Concordance to Beowulf (1911)
Critical editionsedit
Judith, an Old English Epic Fragment (1888)
Shelly, Percy. (1890) Defense of Poetry
Sidney, Philip. (1890) The Defense of Poesy
Newman, John Henry.
(1891) Poetry, With Reference to Aristotle's Poetics
(1892) The Art of Poetry: Containing the Poetical Treatises of Horace, Vida and Boileau, with the translations of Howes, Pitt and Soame
Leigh, Hunt. (1893) What Is Poetry
Milton, John. (1896) Paradise Lost, Books I and II
Burke, Edmund. (1896) Speech on Conciliation with America
Tennyson, Lord Alfred. (1897) The Princess
The Christ of Cynewulf (1900; 1909 (2nd ed.))
Bacon, Francis. (1904) Advancement of Learning
The Dream of the Rood: an Old English Poem attributed to Cynewulf (1905)
Sir Eglamour: A Middle English Romance (1911)
The Old English Elene, Phoenix, and Physiologus (1919)
The Old English Physiologus (1921). Trans. James Hall Pitman
Addison, Joseph. (1926) Criticisms on Paradise Lost
Translationsedit
Siever, Eduard. (1885) An Old English Grammar
Asser, John. (1906) Life of King Alfred
Edited volumesedit
The Bible and English Prose Style: Selections and Comments (1892)
Some Accounts of the Bewcastle Cross Between the Years 1607 and 1861 (1914)
Referencesedit
^ abcChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cook, Albert Stanburrough". Encyclopædia Britannica. 7. (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 71.
^Drout, M. D. C. (2011). "The Cynewulf of Albert S. Cook: Philology and English Studies in America". English Studies. 92 (3): 237–258. doi:10.1080/0013838X.2011.564778. S2CID 154922114.
^"Prof. Albert S. Cook of Yale Dead at 74; Occupied Chair of English at the University for Thirty-two Years". The New York Times. September 2, 1927. p. 17. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
^ abcdefShawcross, John T. (1966). "Albert Stanburrough Cook, Class of 1872". Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries. 29 (3): 108–112. doi:10.14713/jrul.v29i3.1465. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^"Cook, Albert Stanburrough". National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. 9. New York: James T. White. 1899. pp. 167–168.
^ abcWhitman, Charles H. (November 1927). "Albert Stanburrough Cook: A Tribute". Rutgers Alumni Monthly. 7 (2). Retrieved March 15, 2015.
^Dockray-Miller, Mary (2017). Public Medievalists, Racism, and Suffrage in the American Women's College. Cham. pp. 25–27. ISBN978-3-319-69706-2. OCLC 1017798522.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^"Funeral Services Today at New Haven For Professor Cook". Hartford Courant. New Haven. AP. September 3, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved March 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
Further readingedit
Bibliography of the Writings of Albert Stanburrough Cook. New Haven. 1923. OCLC 630011488.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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Albert Stanburrough Cook March 6 1853 September 1 1927 was an American philologist literary critic and scholar of Old English He has been called the single most powerful American Anglo Saxonist of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries 1 2 Albert Stanburrough CookBorn 1853 03 06 March 6 1853Montville New Jersey U S DiedSeptember 1 1927 1927 09 01 aged 74 New Haven ConnecticutEducationRutgers College BA MS University of GottingenUniversity of LeipzigUniversity of Jena PhD OccupationProfessor at Yale UniversityKnown forTranslation and criticism of Old English worksNotable workThe Christ of CynewulfJudith an Old English Epic Fragment crit ed Contents 1 Life 2 Bibliography 2 1 Books 2 2 Textbooks 2 3 Reference works 2 4 Critical editions 2 5 Translations 2 6 Edited volumes 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External linksLife editCook was born in Montville New Jersey 3 He began working as a mathematics tutor at sixteen and was offered chemistry professorship in Fukui Japan before entering college which he declined 4 He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Rutgers College in 1872 writing a thesis on The Inclined Planes of the Morris Canal and taught there and at Freehold Academy while completing a Master of Science degree 4 5 Having already learned German he went on to study in Gottingen and Leipzig from 1877 to 1878 where he began learning languages including Latin Greek Italian and Old English 4 He returned to the United States for two years as an associate in English at Johns Hopkins University 6 then in 1881 he spent time in London with phoneticist Henry Sweet studying manuscripts of Cynewulf and the Old Northumbrian Gospels at the British Museum 4 This work allowed him to complete a PhD in 1882 at the University of Jena where he studied under Eduard Sievers 1 Cook became a professor of English in the University of California in 1882 where he re organized the teaching of English in the state of California introduced English requirements for university admission and edited many texts for reading in secondary schools 4 6 He became chair of English language and literature at Yale University in 1889 where he remained for thirty two years until his death and became a prolific editor of major English works and literary criticism In contrast to the prejudices of many of his peers a number of female PhD students including Elizabeth Deering Hanscom Martha Anstice Harris Laura Lockwood Mary Augusta Scott and Caroline Louisa White studied under Cook at a time when such students were rare 7 Cook s best known scholarly work is in Old English and in poetics fields in which he produced over three hundred publications 6 He translated edited and revised Sievers Old English Grammar 1885 edited Judith 1888 The Christ of Cynewulf 1900 Asser s Life of King Alfred 1905 and The Dream of the Rood 1905 and prepared A First Book in Old English Grammar 1894 He also edited with annotations Sidney s Defense of Poesie 1890 Shelley s Defense of Poetry 1891 Newman s Poetry 1891 Addison s Criticisms on Paradise Lost 1892 The Art of Poetry 1892 being the essays of Horace Vida and Boileau and Leigh Hunt s What is Poetry 1893 and published Higher Study of English 1906 1 Cook married twice first to Emily Chamberlain 1886 then to Elizabeth Merrill 1911 4 He died on September 1 1927 in New Haven Connecticut 8 Bibliography editBooks edit The Phonological Investigation of Old English 1888 Pen Sketches and Reminiscences of Sixty Years 1901 The Higher Study of English 1906 Select Translations from Old English Prose 1908 The Authorized Version of the Bible and Its Influence 1910 The Last Months of Chaucer s earliest patron 1916 The Possible Begetter of the Old English Beowulf and Widsith 1922 The Old English Andreas and Bishop Acca of Hexham 1924 Cynewulf s Part In Our Beowulf 1925 The Aims in the Teaching of English Literature 1925 Beowulfian and Odyssian Voyages 1926 Sources of the Biography of AIdhelm 1927 Textbooks edit Anglo Saxon 1879 A First Book in Old English Grammar 1894 Exercises in Old English 1899 Literary Middle English Reader 1915 Reference works edit Extracts from the Anglo Saxon Laws 1880 A Bibliography of Chaucer 1886 A Glossary of The Old Northumbrian Gospels 1894 Biblical Quotations in Old English Prose Writers 1898 A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray 1908 A Concordance to Beowulf 1911 Critical editions edit Judith an Old English Epic Fragment 1888 Shelly Percy 1890 Defense of Poetry Sidney Philip 1890 The Defense of Poesy Newman John Henry 1891 Poetry With Reference to Aristotle s Poetics 1892 The Art of Poetry Containing the Poetical Treatises of Horace Vida and Boileau with the translations of Howes Pitt and Soame Leigh Hunt 1893 What Is Poetry Milton John 1896 Paradise Lost Books I and II Burke Edmund 1896 Speech on Conciliation with America Tennyson Lord Alfred 1897 The Princess The Christ of Cynewulf 1900 1909 2nd ed Bacon Francis 1904 Advancement of Learning The Dream of the Rood an Old English Poem attributed to Cynewulf 1905 Sir Eglamour A Middle English Romance 1911 The Old English Elene Phoenix and Physiologus 1919 The Old English Physiologus 1921 Trans James Hall Pitman Addison Joseph 1926 Criticisms on Paradise Lost Translations edit Siever Eduard 1885 An Old English Grammar Asser John 1906 Life of King Alfred Edited volumes edit The Bible and English Prose Style Selections and Comments 1892 Selected Translations from Old English Prose 1908 ed with Chauncey Brewster Tinker Some Accounts of the Bewcastle Cross Between the Years 1607 and 1861 1914 References edit a b c Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Cook Albert Stanburrough Encyclopaedia Britannica 7 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 71 Drout M D C 2011 The Cynewulf of Albert S Cook Philology and English Studies in America English Studies 92 3 237 258 doi 10 1080 0013838X 2011 564778 S2CID 154922114 Prof Albert S Cook of Yale Dead at 74 Occupied Chair of English at the University for Thirty two Years The New York Times September 2 1927 p 17 Retrieved February 23 2011 a b c d e f Shawcross John T 1966 Albert Stanburrough Cook Class of 1872 Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries 29 3 108 112 doi 10 14713 jrul v29i3 1465 Retrieved March 15 2015 Cook Albert Stanburrough National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Vol 9 New York James T White 1899 pp 167 168 a b c Whitman Charles H November 1927 Albert Stanburrough Cook A Tribute Rutgers Alumni Monthly 7 2 Retrieved March 15 2015 Dockray Miller Mary 2017 Public Medievalists Racism and Suffrage in the American Women s College Cham pp 25 27 ISBN 978 3 319 69706 2 OCLC 1017798522 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Funeral Services Today at New Haven For Professor Cook Hartford Courant New Haven AP September 3 1927 p 1 Retrieved March 4 2022 via Newspapers com Further reading editBibliography of the Writings of Albert Stanburrough Cook New Haven 1923 OCLC 630011488 a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Cooper Lane 1927 Albert Stanburrough Cook 1853 1927 Speculum 2 4 498 501 doi 10 1086 spc 2 4 2847540 JSTOR 2847540 S2CID 162913427 External links edit nbsp Media related to Albert Stanburrough Cook at Wikimedia Commons Works by Albert Stanburrough Cook at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Albert Stanburrough Cook at Internet Archive Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albert Stanburrough Cook amp oldid 1176644720, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
