Eugene Beauharnais Cook (* 19.05.1830  -  † 13.03.1915)

American chess composer

Biographical information about Eugene Cook has been reproduced in Harrie Grondjis' book "No Rook Unturned.

Eugene Cook was also a compiler of the collection "American Chess Nuts" in 1868 together with W.R. Henry and C.A. Gilberg. He had the third largest chess book collection in the world (2,500 volumes), which was donated to the Princeton University Library upon his death.

Source: chesscomposers.blogspot.com