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| − | 1902.10.28 nominated; 1902.11.11 Proposed by A.C. Haddon; seconded by J.L. Myres <br />1918.12.17 The Treasurer reported the death of Major Cooke Daniels who owed the Institute £6.6. Four guineas had been paid by his firm & the Institute was asked to forego the subscription for the current year. It was resolved to agree.<br /> | + | 1902.10.28 nominated; 1902.11.11 Proposed by A.C. Haddon; seconded by J.L. Myres <br />1918.12.17 The Treasurer reported the death of Major Cooke Daniels who owed the Institute £6.6. Four guineas had been paid by his firm & the Institute was asked to forego the subscription for the current year. It was resolved to agree.<br />death noted in the report of the council for 1918 |
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WILLIAM COOKE DANIELS DIES IN ARGENTINA<br />Denver. March I8.—William Cooke Daniels, millionaire merchant of Denver, traveller and explorer, died in Buenos Aires today, according to a cablegram received here tonight. Mr. Daniels, who was born in Denver forty-seven years ago, financed and headed an expedition into the wilds of New Guinea in 1904 under direction of the Royal Geographical society and Cambridge university. His report on the ethnology of the region was published by the university. Mr. Daniels was in the Argentine after a tour of many South American countries. He had not been in the best of health since the Spanish-American war during which he held a commission as major, serving in Cuba under General Lawson. He was recommended for brevet for bravery before Santiago and was said to have been the only volunteer officer so recommended by General Lawton. Mr. Daniels was the principal owner of one of the largest department stores in Denver. He is survived by a widow. Mrs. Daniels is conducting, at her own expense, a hospital in Switzerland for interned British and French officers.<br /><br />The Cooke Daniels Expedition visited British New Guinea in 1903 and 1904. Major William Cooke Daniels (d.1918), Professor Charles Gabriel Seligman (1873 - 1940), Dr Walter Mersh Strong (1873-1946) and Mr A. H. Dunning undertook the expedition.<br />Cooke Daniels was a wealthy American department store owner, world traveller and organiser of the expedition. Seligman was a British anthropologist who had trained as a medical doctor specialising in pathology. Mersh Strong, also a doctor, acted as laboratory assistant to Seligman. Dunning was responsible for photography and cinematic recording on the trip. <br /><br />Cooke Daniels financed the expedition after a chance meeting with Seligman on a fishing trip in Hampshire. The group also received a grant from the Royal Society towards the expedition expenses. Seligman had some relevant experience having travelled to New Guinea on a previous trip as a member of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits (the sea passage north of Australia and south of Papua New Guinea) in 1898 led by Alfred Cort Haddon.<br /><br />The Cooke Daniels expedition explored British New Guinea, the south east area of modern-day Papua New Guinea. On route the party stopped in Australia. They visited the Bensbach River in the west, close to the border with Dutch New Guinea, travelled to Port Moresby (the capital) and visited Waima and Mekeo in the central district. The trip continued south east and then explored the smaller islands: the Trobriand group, Marshall Bennett Islands and Muyua Island. Cooke Daniels hired and schooner and launch to motor up creeks and sail around the islands. Mersh Strong resigned when the exhibition returned to Port Moresby. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> | WILLIAM COOKE DANIELS DIES IN ARGENTINA<br />Denver. March I8.—William Cooke Daniels, millionaire merchant of Denver, traveller and explorer, died in Buenos Aires today, according to a cablegram received here tonight. Mr. Daniels, who was born in Denver forty-seven years ago, financed and headed an expedition into the wilds of New Guinea in 1904 under direction of the Royal Geographical society and Cambridge university. His report on the ethnology of the region was published by the university. Mr. Daniels was in the Argentine after a tour of many South American countries. He had not been in the best of health since the Spanish-American war during which he held a commission as major, serving in Cuba under General Lawson. He was recommended for brevet for bravery before Santiago and was said to have been the only volunteer officer so recommended by General Lawton. Mr. Daniels was the principal owner of one of the largest department stores in Denver. He is survived by a widow. Mrs. Daniels is conducting, at her own expense, a hospital in Switzerland for interned British and French officers.<br /><br />The Cooke Daniels Expedition visited British New Guinea in 1903 and 1904. Major William Cooke Daniels (d.1918), Professor Charles Gabriel Seligman (1873 - 1940), Dr Walter Mersh Strong (1873-1946) and Mr A. H. Dunning undertook the expedition.<br />Cooke Daniels was a wealthy American department store owner, world traveller and organiser of the expedition. Seligman was a British anthropologist who had trained as a medical doctor specialising in pathology. Mersh Strong, also a doctor, acted as laboratory assistant to Seligman. Dunning was responsible for photography and cinematic recording on the trip. <br /><br />Cooke Daniels financed the expedition after a chance meeting with Seligman on a fishing trip in Hampshire. The group also received a grant from the Royal Society towards the expedition expenses. Seligman had some relevant experience having travelled to New Guinea on a previous trip as a member of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits (the sea passage north of Australia and south of Papua New Guinea) in 1898 led by Alfred Cort Haddon.<br /><br />The Cooke Daniels expedition explored British New Guinea, the south east area of modern-day Papua New Guinea. On route the party stopped in Australia. They visited the Bensbach River in the west, close to the border with Dutch New Guinea, travelled to Port Moresby (the capital) and visited Waima and Mekeo in the central district. The trip continued south east and then explored the smaller islands: the Trobriand group, Marshall Bennett Islands and Muyua Island. Cooke Daniels hired and schooner and launch to motor up creeks and sail around the islands. Mersh Strong resigned when the exhibition returned to Port Moresby. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> | ||
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William Cooke Daniels
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| Born | 1871 | ||||||
| Died | 1918 | ||||||
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late of US Army, c/o Brown Shipley & Co., 123 Pall Mall, W [and] Chateau de la Motte, Sonzay, Indre et Loire, France [1907] | ||||||
| Occupation | armed services | ||||||
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Notes
Office Notes
House Notes
1902.10.28 nominated; 1902.11.11 Proposed by A.C. Haddon; seconded by J.L. Myres
1918.12.17 The Treasurer reported the death of Major Cooke Daniels who owed the Institute £6.6. Four guineas had been paid by his firm & the Institute was asked to forego the subscription for the current year. It was resolved to agree.
death noted in the report of the council for 1918
Notes From Elsewhere
WILLIAM COOKE DANIELS DIES IN ARGENTINA
Denver. March I8.—William Cooke Daniels, millionaire merchant of Denver, traveller and explorer, died in Buenos Aires today, according to a cablegram received here tonight. Mr. Daniels, who was born in Denver forty-seven years ago, financed and headed an expedition into the wilds of New Guinea in 1904 under direction of the Royal Geographical society and Cambridge university. His report on the ethnology of the region was published by the university. Mr. Daniels was in the Argentine after a tour of many South American countries. He had not been in the best of health since the Spanish-American war during which he held a commission as major, serving in Cuba under General Lawson. He was recommended for brevet for bravery before Santiago and was said to have been the only volunteer officer so recommended by General Lawton. Mr. Daniels was the principal owner of one of the largest department stores in Denver. He is survived by a widow. Mrs. Daniels is conducting, at her own expense, a hospital in Switzerland for interned British and French officers.
The Cooke Daniels Expedition visited British New Guinea in 1903 and 1904. Major William Cooke Daniels (d.1918), Professor Charles Gabriel Seligman (1873 - 1940), Dr Walter Mersh Strong (1873-1946) and Mr A. H. Dunning undertook the expedition.
Cooke Daniels was a wealthy American department store owner, world traveller and organiser of the expedition. Seligman was a British anthropologist who had trained as a medical doctor specialising in pathology. Mersh Strong, also a doctor, acted as laboratory assistant to Seligman. Dunning was responsible for photography and cinematic recording on the trip.
Cooke Daniels financed the expedition after a chance meeting with Seligman on a fishing trip in Hampshire. The group also received a grant from the Royal Society towards the expedition expenses. Seligman had some relevant experience having travelled to New Guinea on a previous trip as a member of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits (the sea passage north of Australia and south of Papua New Guinea) in 1898 led by Alfred Cort Haddon.
The Cooke Daniels expedition explored British New Guinea, the south east area of modern-day Papua New Guinea. On route the party stopped in Australia. They visited the Bensbach River in the west, close to the border with Dutch New Guinea, travelled to Port Moresby (the capital) and visited Waima and Mekeo in the central district. The trip continued south east and then explored the smaller islands: the Trobriand group, Marshall Bennett Islands and Muyua Island. Cooke Daniels hired and schooner and launch to motor up creeks and sail around the islands. Mersh Strong resigned when the exhibition returned to Port Moresby.
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PRM: objects from expedition
Horniman Museum: ditto
