Background
Cooke, Hereward Lester was born on March 26, 1879 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Miles Woodifield and Clara Maude (Eager) Cooke.
Cooke, Hereward Lester was born on March 26, 1879 in Montreal, Canada. Son of Miles Woodifield and Clara Maude (Eager) Cooke.
Bachelor of Arts, McGill, 1900, Master of Arts, 1903. Studied Emmanual College, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, 1903-1906.
With Princeton University since 1906, professor physics since 1919. Researches in radioactivity, thermionics, 1903-1913. Surveying with aeroplane photographs since 1919.
Theatre acoustics since 1928.
Served as captain Royal Engineers, B.E.F., in France, 1916-1919. Member American Physical Society, Acoustical Society America, American Society Photogrammetry, Optical Society of America. Clubs: Princeton (New York).
Married Olive Lois MacCallum, 1911.