The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Cook, John M. A.
Cook, John M. A.; retired Principal, Central College, Bangalore; b. 1848; Educ; at Aberdeen University; First Joined the Madras Doveton Protestant College as Principal; Principal, Central College, Bangalore; 1882, Director of Meteorology in Mysore, 1894; F.B.S.E. 1894: F.M.U., 1909; delivered the Madras University Convocation Address, 1897; gave a great impetus to the study of Physical Science in the State. Retired, 1909. Publications: A High School Text Book of Physics, (Longmans), and numerous other school publications.