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Frederick Albert Cook
Deceased

When Did Frederick Albert Cook Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 75
Also known asDr. Frederick CookGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn10/06/1865Born inHortonville, New York, USADied05/08/1940 (aged 75)Died inNew RochelleWikidataQ350190 ↗Buried atForest Lawn CemeteryTMDb#1504573 ↗

Frederick Albert Cook was an American explorer, medical doctor and ethnographer, who is most known for allegedly being the first to reach the North Pole on April 21, 1908. A competing claim was made a year later by Robert Peary, though both men's accounts have since been fiercely disputed; in December 1909, after reviewing Cook's limited records, a commission of the University of Copenhagen ruled his claim unproven.

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Filmography2 titles

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YearTitleCharacterAge at
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1909Dr. Cook at CopenhagenMovie—44
0Dr. Cooks ArrivalMovie——