Robert C. Cook, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert C. Cook

demographer and geneticist

Date of Birth: 09-Apr-1898

Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Date of Death: 07-Jan-1991

Profession: geneticist, demographer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Robert Carter Cook (April 9, 1898 – January 7, 1991) was an American geneticist and demographer who was editor of the Journal of Heredity for 40 years, a lecturer in medical genetics and biology at George Washington University, and director, then president, of the Population Reference Bureau in Washington, D.C.
He was involved with the eugenics movement of the first half of the 20th century, and an authority on population policy and the effects of population growth on the environment.