Researching Thomas Cooley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 767 people with the Cooley surname? In that year Cooley was ranked number 2814 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Cooley on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Cooley and the Cooley Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 1346 people with the Cooley surname in the UK? Cooley is now ranked number 2814 for popularity in the UK. |
Cooley Genealogy Databases
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Cooley Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 42535 people with the Cooley surname in the USA? Cooley is ranked number 143 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Thomas Cooley
Thomas Benton Cooley
Thomas Benton Cooley (June 23, 1871 – October 13, 1945) was an American pediatrician and hematologist and professor of hygiene and medicine at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. He was the director of the Pasteur Institute at the University of Michigan from 1903 to 1904. He worked in private practice in Detroit as the city's first pediatrician starting in 1905. He worked with the Babies' Milk Fund and helped to reduce Detroit's high infant mortality rate in the 1900s and 1910s. During World War I, Cooley went to France as the assistant chief of the Children's Bureau of the American Red Cross. He was decorated in 1924 with the cross of the Legion of Honor for his work in France. From 1921 to 1941, Cooley was the head of pediatric service at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Cooley gained acclaim for his scientific work in the field of pediatric hematology and is principally remembered for his discovery of, and research into, a form of childhood anemia that became known as Cooley's anemia. Cooley was also a professor at the Wayne University College of Medicine from 1936 to 1941.
Source: Thomas Benton Cooley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cooley
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