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Type of entity
Person
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Cook, Clinton Tyng
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Description area
Dates of existence
1866-1963
History
Dr. Clinton Tyng Cooke was born on October 4, 1866, in Salem, Marion County, Oregon. An accomplished American ophthalmologist and dedicated amateur ornithologist, he studied at Willamette University in Salem before earning his M.D. from Rush Medical College in Chicago in 1890. He furthered his medical training at the Chicago Polyclinic in 1900.
During the late 1890s, Dr. Cooke lived and practiced medicine in Hutchinson, Minnesota. His interest in advancing medical and surgical technology was evident when he was granted a Northwest patent in November 1899 for a gauze carrier of his own design. He later returned to the Pacific Northwest, establishing medical practices in Salem, Oregon, and subsequently in Seattle, Washington, where he specialized in ophthalmology. In January 1905, he helped found the Puget Sound Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology and later served as its president in 1909.
Beyond his medical career, Dr. Cooke was a passionate amateur ornithologist who collected bird specimens throughout Oregon and Washington, contributing to the study of regional birdlife.
In 1893, he married Edith May Harris. Dr. Cooke died on December 30, 1963, in San Francisco, California.