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Edward Cook

1888 - 1972

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Edward Tiffin Cook Sr. (November 27, 1888 – October 18, 1972) was an American athlete who shared the gold medal in the pole vault (with Alfred Carlton Gilbert) at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Cook was an all-around athlete and won the IC4A long jump title in 1908 and 1909 and the AAU pole vault title in 1907 and 1911. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Edward Cook has received more than 12,092 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Edward Cook is the 445th most popular athlete (down from 291st in 2019), the 5,809th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,396th in 2019) and the 105th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.72

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  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Edward Cook ranks 445 out of 6,025. Before him are Albert Hill, Hans Berglund, Jean Shiley, Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Louis Abell, and Lis Hartel. After him are Harry Stenqvist, Betty Cuthbert, Maria Itkina, Ahmet Ayık, Louis Clarke, and Fred Alderman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Edward Cook ranks 174. Before him are Walther von Wartburg, Gladys Cooper, František Langer, Osip Brik, Florence Lee, and Tom Phillips. After him are Edith Evans, Juan Antonio Ríos, Fritz-Hubert Gräser, Adam Zamenhof, Kaare Klint, and Margarita Xirgu. Among people deceased in 1972, Edward Cook ranks 158. Before him are Roger Courtois, Jessie Royce Landis, Mitchell Leisen, Prithviraj Kapoor, Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Jan Wils. After him are Walter Lang, Martim Mércio da Silveira, Arthur Russell, Cecil Day-Lewis, Jamini Roy, and Mikhail Artamonov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Edward Cook ranks 5,809 out of 20,380. Before him are Alice Joyce (1890), Black Kettle (1803), Buck Adams (1955), Gordon Tullock (1922), Kim Raver (1969), and Marty Balin (1942). After him are Ruth St. Denis (1879), Margaret Geller (1947), Ally Sheedy (1962), Julianna Margulies (1966), Robert Mills (1927), and Lucy Stone (1818).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Edward Cook ranks 105. Before him are Sidney Johnson (1877), Jim Lightbody (1882), Tyson Gay (1982), Wilhelmina von Bremen (1909), Jean Shiley (1911), and Louis Abell (1884). After him are Harry Stenqvist (1893), Louis Clarke (1901), Fred Alderman (1905), John Kuck (1905), Mel Sheppard (1883), and John Thomas (1941).

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