LC control no. | n 85161768 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Cook, Robert, 1932-2011 |
Variant(s) | Cook, Robert Geiger, 1932-2011 Cook, Robert Geiger, IV, 1932-2011 |
See also | Employer: Newcomb College Employer: Háskóli Íslands |
Associated place | New Orleans (La.) Reykjavík (Iceland) |
Birth date | 19321125 |
Death date | 20110304 |
Place of birth | Bethlehem (Pa.) |
Place of death | Iceland |
Field of activity | English literature Icelandic literature Icelandic language Old Norse language Old Norse literature |
Affiliation | Tulane University Newcomb College Háskóli Íslands Johns Hopkins University Princeton University |
Profession or occupation | Translators Authors Editors College teachers Fulbright scholars Academic Professor |
Found in | Strengleikar, 1979: t.p. (Robert Cook) Dir. Amer. scholars, 8th ed.: v. 3, p. 103 (Cook, Robert Geiger; b. 11/25/32 in Bethlehem, Pa.; Ph.D. (Eng.), John Hopkins U.; prof. of English, Newcomb Coll., Tulane Univ.) Agnar Þordarson. Medal of distinction, 1984: title-page (Robert Cook) back jacket flap (has written articles and translated works in Icelandic and Old Norse; Fulbright Lecturer at University of Iceland, 1968 and 1969; annual visitor to Iceland) FindAGrave.com, August 15, 2014 (Robert Geiger Cook, IV; died Mar. 4, 2011) Princeton alumni weekly, May 11, 2011 (Robert Cook '54; PhD in English, John's Hopkins; taught at Tulane 29 years; moved to Iceland, 1990; appointed Professor of English at University of Iceland; spent the rest of his life in Iceland) |
Associated language | eng ice non |