Matthew Cooke 2265846 220650084 2008-06-20T22:02:42Z Eubot 231599 Hatnote formatting, see [[User:Eubot/Hatnote formatting]] {{for|the American filmmaker|Matthew Cooke (filmmaker)}} {{for|the London politician|Matt Cooke (politician)}} {{for|the Canadian ice hockey player|Matt Cooke}} '''Matthew Cooke''' ([[1829]]–[[1887]]) was an [[Ireland|Irish]] immigrant to the [[United States]] who pioneered economic [[entomology]] in [[California]]. Born in [[Bushmills]], [[County Antrim]], on [[February 16]], [[1829]], Matthew Cookie immigrated to the United States in [[1850]], spending the rest of his life in California. He died at [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]] on [[August 25]], [[1887]], having been California's first [[Economic entomology|economic entomologist]]. Employed as a youth in the Public Works Department in Bushmills he was promoted to Superintendent of Works. In California he first took up a post at the Water Works in Scaremento, then, in [[1875]] became a fruit box manufacturer. His business suffered badly when the [[Codling moth]] appeared in the state devastating the [[apple]] crop. He studied [[entomology]] to solve the problem and by [[1879]] was able to address the State Fruit Growers on the Codling moth and other serious pests including those of the important [[wine]] crop. In 1881 he was appointed Chief Executive Horticultural and Health Officer of California and drew up [[quarantine]] regulations relating to [[insects]]. The [[cherry fruit sawfly]] ''Hoplocampa cookei'' was named for him by [[W. T. Clarcke]]. ==Similarities with others== The Matthew Cooke Entomological Chart shows similarities with those produced by [[Robert Patterson]] in [[Belfast]]. Patterson charts were widely used in the U.S.A. [[Image:Cookchart 2.jpg|thumb|230px|Matthew Cook Entomological Chart]] ==Works== He wrote numerous pamphlets and articles (mostly published in the ''Pacific Rural Press'' and the'' Sacramento Daily Record-Union''). *''Injurious Insects of the Orchard, Vineyard, Field, Garden, Conservatory, Household, Storehouse, Domestic Animals, etc. with remedies for their extermination'' *''Treatise on the Insects Injurious to Fruit and Fruit Trees of the State of California, and Remedies Recommended for Their Extermination''.Sacramento: State Office: J. D. Young, Supt. State Printing, 1881. *''Insects, Injurious and Beneficial, Their Natural History and Classification; For the Use of Fruit Growers, Vine Growers, Farmers, Gardeners and Schools''H. S. Crocker & Co. Sacramento. 1883. *Charts on general entomology and pest insects, particularly those of fruit trees for farmers and schools.[http://www.archive.org/details/insectsinjurious00cookrich] {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooke, Matthew}} [[Category:1829 births]] [[Category:1887 deaths]] [[Category:Irish entomologists]] [[Category:People from County Antrim]]