Charles Cook (academic)

Charles Henry Herbert Cook (30 September 1843–21 May 1910) was an English-born, Australian-raised, New Zealand-based mathematician.

He then went to St John's College, Cambridge, initially to train for the English Bar but became interested in mathematics.

[1] He joined co-founders John Macmillan Brown and Alexander Bickerton in Christchurch, New Zealand and initially focused on Latin and mathematics.

[2] He is remembered primarily for his teaching; Nobel Prize-winning physicist Ernest Rutherford cited him as an influence:[3][4] He was involved in secondary education, acting as an examiner for the New Zealand Department of Education and holding a fellowship at the Anglican Christ's College, Christchurch from 1891 to 1908.

[1] In 1903, Cook appeared in the vanity press The Cyclopedia of New Zealand, with a photo and short article.