Robert Manuel Cook

Robert Manuel Cook
Cook in later life: a thin man in thick glasses and a formal suit, with short, white hair.
Born(1909-07-04)4 July 1909
Sheffield, England
Died10 August 2000(2000-08-10) (aged 91)
Cambridge, England
Spouse
Kathleen Porter
(m. 1938; died 1979)
RelativesJohn Manuel Cook (brother)
Academic background
Education
Academic work
DisciplineClassical studies
Institutions

Robert Manuel Cook FBA (4 July 1909 – 10 August 2000) was a classical scholar and classical archaeologist from England with expertise in Greek painted vases. He was Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge, the author of several academic texts and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1974, having been made a Fellow of the German Archaeological Institute in 1953.[1]

  1. ^ Boardman, John (2002). "Robert Manuel Cook 1909–2000" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 115: 195–203.