Cock, Thomas
physician, was born in 1782, in Glen Cove, L. I. He was visiting physician to the New York hospital from 1819 till 1834, and consulting physician after that year; became a fellow of the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1820; was its vice-president from 1827 until 1855; its president from 1855 till 1858; and president of the New York academy of medicine in 1852. He was also professor of anatomy and physiology in Queen's (now Rutgers) college, N. J., from 1812 till 1826. He died June 14, 1869, in New York city.