Arthur Bernard Cook

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Arthur Bernard Cook

Art Historian, University teacher
InstitutionsBedford College, London
University of Cambridge
Notable worksZeus: A Study in Ancient Religion.

Arthur Bernard Cook

classical scholar
, best known for his three-part work, Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion.

Early life and education

Arthur Bernard Cook was born in Hampstead, London on 22 October 1868. He was the son of William Henry Cook MD (1825-1882) and Harriet Bickersteth (1830-1918) His mother's family were leading ecclesiastical scholars of the time, including Edward Bickersteth (Dean of Lichfield) (1814-1892), Edward Bickersteth (bishop of Exeter) (1825-1906) and Edward Bickersteth (bishop of South Tokyo). (1850-1897) [1]

Cook was educated at St. Paul's School, where he won several academic prizes. He received an M.A. from the

Newdigate prize. Cook's poem Windsor Castle won the Chancellor's Gold Medal
for poetry at Cambridge in 1889. In 1893, he was awarded a fellowship at Trinity College.[3][4]

Career

From 1892-1907, Cook was professor of Greek at

Classical Archaeology at University of Cambridge. He became the Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at Cambridge in 1931, where he had held the position as Reader, until 1934. From 1935 to 1952, Cook was Vice-President of Queens' College.[5] Cook was elected as a fellow of the British Academy for the humanities and social sciences in 1941.[6] He was elected an International Member of the American Philosophical Society in 1944.[7] Professor Cook died in Cambridge on 26 April 1952.[4]

Legacy

Cook is often considered one of the

Works

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 8 July 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership
    required.)
  2. ^ "Classical Tripos, Part II, 1908". Cambridge University Reporter. 1338 (1665–1715). 1907.
  3. ^ "Cambridge University, Chancellor's Gold Medal". Historic Medals.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ^ . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
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  6. ^ "British Academy Fellows: Deceased". British Academy for the humanities and social sciences. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  7. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  8. ^ Lowell Edmonds, Approaches to Greek Myth (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990), p. 72.