Gustavus Wynne Cook

Gustavus Wynne Cook (December 12, 1867 – June 4, 1940)[1] was an American banker, businessman, and amateur astronomer.

Cook was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Lavinia Borden and Richard Yerkes Cook (a descendant of Dr. Thomas Wynne).

He married Nannie Mumford Bright and they lived at Roslyn House in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.

Cook was president of the South Chester Tube Company (now Southco)[3] and the South Chester Terminal and Warehouse.

This article about an American businessperson born in the 1860s is a stub.

Cook in 1939 with his private telescope which cost him $100,000