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A son of George Cottingham and the former Louise Palmer, Cottingham was born in Ottoman in Lancaster County on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast of  [[Virginia]]. He was educated at Chesapeake Academy in Irvington,  Virginia. He received his Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees prior to 1902  from the University of Richmond, then known as Richmond College,  in the capital city of [[Richmond]]. He obtained the Doctor of Divinity degree from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]]. From 1900 to 1902, he was the assistant principal at his ''alma mater,'' Chesapeake Academy.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Cottingham, Claybrook C.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref>​

A son of George Cottingham and the former Louise Palmer, Cottingham was born in Ottoman in Lancaster County on the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]] coast of  [[Virginia]]. He was educated at Chesapeake Academy in Irvington,  Virginia. He received his Bachelor of Arts and [[Master of Arts]] degrees prior to 1902  from the University of Richmond, then known as Richmond College,  in the capital city of [[Richmond]]. He obtained the Doctor of Divinity degree from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]], [[Texas]]. From 1900 to 1902, he was the assistant principal at his ''alma mater,'' Chesapeake Academy.<ref name=lahist>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-c/|title=Cottingham, Claybrook C.|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=June 10, 2020}}</ref>​

==Academic career==​

==Academic career==

 

Cottingham moved to Louisiana to become from 1902 to 1905 a professor of [[Greek]] and [[philosophy]] at the defunct Mount Lebanon College, sometimes called Mount Lebanon University, a forerunner of Louisiana College, located[in Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Cottingham served as the last president of Mount Lebanon from 1905–1906, when he became from 1906 to1910 a founding professor of the new Louisiana College. His tenure as LC president stretched from 1910 to 1941, when he became the tenth president of Louisiana Tech, formerly known as '''Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.''.<ref name=lahist/>​

Cottingham moved to Louisiana to become from 1902 to 1905 a professor of [[Greek]] and [[philosophy]] at the defunct Mount Lebanon College, sometimes called Mount Lebanon University, a forerunner of Louisiana College, located[in Bienville Parish in northwestern Louisiana. Cottingham served as the last president of Mount Lebanon from 1905–1906, when he became from 1906 to1910 a founding professor of the new Louisiana College. His tenure as LC president stretched from 1910 to 1941, when he became the tenth president of Louisiana Tech, formerly known as '''Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.''.<ref name=lahist/>​

A world traveler, Cottingham was still serving at Louisiana Tech when he died at the age of sixty-eight while on a business trip to [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=lahist/>​

A world traveler, Cottingham was still serving at Louisiana Tech when he died at the age of sixty-eight while on a business trip to [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]].<ref name=lahist/>​

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==Family and legacy==

==Family and legacy==

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