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Alice Cook (other) , singer born by the name Alicia Cook
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Alice Cook may refer to: * Alice Cook (figure skater) (born 1955), figure skater and sports reporter * Alice Cook (professor) (1903–1998), Cornell University in the United States * Alice Carter Cook (1868–1943), American botanist * A. Grace Cook (Alice Grace Cook, 1877–1958), British astronomer * Alice May Cook (1876–1960), British artist * Alice Cook Fuller, née Cook, American writer and educator See also * Alicia Cook, poet * Alicia Keys Alicia Augello Cook (born January 25, 1981), known professionally as Alicia Keys, is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. A classically trained pianist, Keys started composing songs when she was 12 and was signed at 15 years old by Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Cook (figure Skater)
Alice Maxine Cook (born November 30, 1955) is an American sports reporter and an Olympic figure skater, in pair skating. Her partner was William Fauver. She is the 1976 U.S. silver medalist. They represented the United States at the 1976 Winter Olympics, where they placed 12th. One month later Cook and her partner placed 9th in the World Championships in Sweden. Career Following her skating career, Cook became a television sports reporter. She began her career at Boston, Massachusetts' WSBK-TV as a sports producer. In October 1984, Cook was hired by WBZ-TV. She worked there as a sports reporter until 2010, when she decided not to accept an offer to continue as a free lancer. Cook has reported for ESPN. She hosted the figure skating coverage for Turner Sports during the 1998 Winter Olympics. She has won the Action for Children's Television award, two Service to Children awards from the NAB, several Parents' Choice Awards for the program "Rap Around", and the Gracie Award (na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Cook (professor)
Alice Hanson Cook (November 28, 1903 – February 7, 1998) was an activist and professor of labor history at Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to ... in the United States. At Cornell, the Alice Cook House residential college was named in her honor. Her varied life experiences included social worker, YWCA secretary, labor educator, post World War II advisor in Germany on reconstituting German labor unions, professor, university ombudsman, world acclaimed researcher, and to the very end, an activist. Cook was appointed Cornell University's first ombudsman and worked to establish the credibility and acceptance of that office. Autobiography ''A Lifetime of Labor: the autobiography of Alice H. Cook'' / foreword by Arlene Kaplan Daniels. 1st ed. New York: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Carter Cook
Alice Carter Cook (April 8, 1868 – June 14, 1943), (born Alice Carter), was an American botanist and author whose plant collections are now held by the Smithsonian Institution and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Cook was the first woman to receive a PhD in botany from an American university. Biography Carter was born in New York City on April 8, 1868 to Samuel Thompson Carter and Alantha Carter (née Pratt). Her father was a clergyman in Huntington, New York. Carter studied at Mount Holyoke Seminary before enrolling at Syracuse University for her doctorate. She graduated in 1888, receiving the first doctorate in botany for a woman from an American University. Carter taught at Mount Holyoke for three years before attending Cornell University where she earned an M.S. in botany, in 1892. That same year, she married botanist Orator Fuller Cook. The couple later traveled on expeditions to Africa and the Canary Islands. Cook worked with botanist Henrietta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice May Cook
Alice May Cook née Barnett (1876–1960) was a British artist, notable as a miniature painter and book illustrator. Biography Cook was born in the Paddington area of London to Alice and John Francis Barnett, a pianist and member of the Royal Academy of Music. Aged 14, Cook enrolled in the St John's Wood School of Art and went on to study at the Royal Academy Schools. Cook painted miniature portraits, often in watercolours, and created illustrations for children's books. She created over seventy-five illustrations, including fifteen colour plates for the 1915 book "Peggy's Travels". From 1907 to 1960 Cook exhibited a total of 51 works at the Royal Academy in London and also exhibited with the Royal Scottish Academy, the Society of Women Artists and also in Canada and South Africa. Cook was an elected member of the Royal Miniature Society. She married a clerk, Walter Frank Cook, in 1899 and together they had seven children. Cook spent most of her life in London but also lived in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Cook Fuller
Alice Emma Cook Fuller (October 30, 1873 – September 30, 1956) was an American writer and educator. Early life Alice Emma Cook was born in Spencer, Iowa and raised in Deadwood, South Dakota, the daughter of Thomas G. Cook and Sarah J. Love Cook. Career Fuller was an educator and writer based in Colorado. She began teaching when she was a teenager, taught again in midlife, and was the elected superintendent of schools in Larimer County from 1923 to 1931. She was president of the Fort Collins Writers Club. Later in her career, she moved to Berkeley, California, and wrote a novel for children, ''Gold for the Grahams'' (1946), based on her own childhood in South Dakota. Publications In addition to her novel, Fuller wrote short stories, lesson ideas, and scripts for school and community group theatrical use, including adaptations of Dickens' ''A Christmas Carol'', Coppee's ''Little Jean's Christmas'', and Edward Everett Hale's '' The Man Without a Country.'' Her works wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Cook
Alicia Cook is a poet, essayist and activist. She is best known for writing bestselling book ''Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately'' and for spreading awareness on the impact of drug addiction. Education Cook has a bachelor's degree in English Literature from Georgian Court University and an MBA from Saint Peter's University. She was named Distinguished Alumni of the Year in 2020 by Georgian Court and was their commencement speaker in 2021. Career Cook's writing often explores grief, addiction, healing, and mental health. Her poetry is characterized by "direct, unflinching honesty and rich compassion." In 2016, Cook released poetry collection ''Stuff I've Been Feeling Lately''. The book tackled life, death, love, trauma and growth. It is split into two parts, part A contains original poems while part B were remixes of poems found in part A. The book was a finalist for Goodreads Choice Awards. Cook is also known for intersecting music and poetry. She was the main subject in ''A Fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
