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{{Short description|British classical archaeologist (1909–2000)}}
'''Robert Manuel Cook''' (1909-2000) was an [[English people|English]] [[classical scholar]] and [[classical archaeologist]] and a leading authority in the second half of the twentieth century on [[List of Greek vase painters|Greek painted vases]].
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'''Robert Manuel Cook''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|commas=on|FBA|size=100%}} (4 July 1909 &ndash; 10 August 2000) was a [[classical scholar]] and [[classical archaeologist]] from [[England]] with expertise in [[List of Greek vase painters|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 at Athens|German Archaeological Institute]] in 1953.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal| url=https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/368/115p195.pdf| title=Robert Manuel Cook 1909–2000| journal=Proceedings of the British Academy| year=2002| volume=115| pages=195–203| author-last=Boardman| author-first=John| author-link=John Boardman (art historian)}}</ref>
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==Biography==
Robert Cook was born in [[Sheffield]] on 4 July 1909, the son of a clergyman, and educated at [[Marlborough College]] and [[Clare College, Cambridge]] where he graduated with a [[double first]] in [[Classics]]. After pre-[[World War 2|war]] [[lecturer|lecturing]] positions at the [[University of Manchester]] and wartime service in the [[Civil Service]], in 1946 Cook took up the position of [[Perceval Maitland Laurence|Laurence]] [[reader (academic rank)|reader]] in classical archaeology at [[Cambridge University]], which he held until his elevation in 1962 to the [[Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology|Laurence chair in Classical Archaeology]] where he remained until his formal retirement in 1976. In 1976 he was elected a [[Fellow of the British Academy]].<ref>[http://www.britac.ac.uk/fellowship/directory/deceased.cfm?type=C British Academy Register]</ref>.


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==Biography==
Cook published extensively during his career; his ''Greek Painted Pottery'' (1962) remains a standard textbook for students of the subject.
Robert Cook was born in [[Sheffield]] on 4 July 1909, the son of a clergyman and his wife, the Reverend Charles Robert and Mary Manuel Cook. After a period of home schooling and then boarding school, Cook was educated at [[Marlborough College]] between 1923 and 1929, then went up to [[Clare College, Cambridge]], where he graduated with a [[double first]] in [[Classics]]. He was awarded a Walston scholarship in 1932 and spent the next two years undertaking research in the [[British School at Athens]].<ref name=":0" /> In 1946, after pre-[[World War II|war]] [[lecturer|lecturing]] positions at the [[University of Manchester]] and wartime service in the [[Civil Service (United Kingdom)|Civil Service]], Cook took up the position of [[Perceval Maitland Laurence|Laurence]] [[reader (academic rank)|Reader]] in classical archaeology at [[Cambridge University]], which he held until his elevation in 1962 to the [[Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology|Laurence]] [[chair (academic)|Chair]] where he remained until his formal retirement in 1976. Cook published extensively during his career; his ''Greek Painted Pottery'', first published in 1960, with a third edition published in 1997, has been described as "an essential volume in any library on ancient Greece".<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greek Painted Pottery|url=https://www.routledge.com/Greek-Painted-Pottery/Decd-Cook/p/book/9780415138604|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Routledge & CRC Press|language=en}}</ref> Photographs attributed to Cook and annotated the British School Athens are held in the [[Conway Library]] whose archive, of primarily architectural images, is being digitised under the wider Courtauld Connects project.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-30|title=Who made the Conway Library?|url=http://blog.courtauld.ac.uk/digitalmedia/2020/06/30/who-made-the-conway-library/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Digital Media}}</ref>


In 1938, Cook married Kathleen Porter (d. 1979). The Cooks enjoyed travelling together and, in 1968, they published a joint work, ''Southern Greece: An Archaeological Guide.'' His younger brother was [[John Manuel Cook]], also a noted scholar of antiquity.<ref name=":0" />
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In retirement Cook acted as chairman of the [[British School at Athens]] (1983-1987). He died in [[Cambridge]] on 10 August 2000 aged 91.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20001031/ai_n14360085 Obituary in The Independent 31 October 2000]</ref><ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1356158/Professor-Robert-Cook.html Obituary in the Daily Telegraph 21 August 2000]</ref>

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In retirement Cook acted as chairman of the [[British School at Athens]] between 1983 and 1987. He died in [[Cambridge]] on 10 August 2000 aged 91.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20001031/ai_n14360085 Obituary in The Independent 31 October 2000]</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Professor Robert Cook |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204155105/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1356158/Professor-Robert-Cook.html |archive-date=2020-12-04 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1356158/Professor-Robert-Cook.html}}</ref>


==Publications==
==Publications==
* ''Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum ... British Museum ... Descriptions of the ancient vases in the Department (Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Great Britain. fasc. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13.)'' by Robert Manuel Cook, Edgar John Forsdyke, Frederick Norman Pryce, and Arthur Hamilton Smith ASIN: B0014KZ0KU
* ''Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum ... British Museum ... Descriptions of the ancient vases in the Department (Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Great Britain. fasc. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13.)'' by Robert Manuel Cook, [[John Forsdyke|Edgar John Forsdyke]], Frederick Norman Pryce, and Arthur Hamilton Smith ASIN: B0014KZ0KU
* ''Ionia and Greece in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C'' (1948) ASIN: B000WUDKT6
* ''Ionia and Greece in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C'' (1948) ASIN: B000WUDKT6
* ''Amasis mepoiesen'' (Journal of Hellenic Studies), Council of the Society (1949) ASIN: B0007KCI94
* ''Amasis mepoiesen'' (Journal of Hellenic Studies), Council of the Society (1949) ASIN: B0007KCI94
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* ''A list of Clazomenian pottery'' (Annual of the British School at Athens, 1952 ASIN: B0007KC2S6
* ''A list of Clazomenian pottery'' (Annual of the British School at Athens, 1952 ASIN: B0007KC2S6
* British Museum (Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities) (Corpus vasorum antiquorum. Great Britain) Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum (1954) ASIN: B0007IZ7AS
* British Museum (Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities) (Corpus vasorum antiquorum. Great Britain) Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum (1954) ASIN: B0007IZ7AS
* ''Thucydides as archaeologist'' (Annual of the British School at Athens, MacMillan (1955) ASIN: B0007KCIB2
* ''Thucydides as archaeologist'' (Annual of the British School at Athens), MacMillan (1955) ASIN: B0007KCIB2
* ''Speculations on the origin of coinage'' Bell & Howell Co., Micro Photo Div (1958) ASIN: B0007HDDGE
* ''Speculations on the origin of coinage'' Bell & Howell Co., Micro Photo Div (1958) ASIN: B0007HDDGE
* ''Greek Painted Pottery (Handbooks of archaeology)'' (1960) Methuen (1960) ASIN: B001OAY67I
* ''Greek Painted Pottery (Handbooks of archaeology)'' (1960) Methuen (1960) ASIN: B001OAY67I
* ''The Greeks till Alexander (Ancient peoples and places series)'' Thames & Hudson (1962) ASIN: B0000CLAQI
* ''The Greeks till Alexander (Ancient peoples and places series)'' Thames & Hudson (1962) ASIN: B0000CLAQI
* ''A hydria of the Campana group in Bonn'' (Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen), (1963) ASIN: B0007KC2SG
* ''A hydria of the Campana group in Bonn'' (with Jaap M. Hemelrijk, Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen), (1963) ASIN: B0007KC2SG
* ''Niobe and her children'' (University of Cambridge Inaugural lectures), Cambridge U.P (1964) ASIN: B0000CM3UA
* ''Niobe and her children'' (University of Cambridge Inaugural lectures), Cambridge U.P (1964) ASIN: B0000CM3UA
* ''A corinthianising dinos in Cambridge'', " L'Erma " di Bretschneider (1965) ASIN: B0007KCIBC
* ''A corinthianising dinos in Cambridge'', " L'Erma " di Bretschneider (1965) ASIN: B0007KCIBC
* ''Southern Greece: an archaeological guide. Attica, Delphi and the Peloponnese. With illustrations, including plans and maps'', (1968) ASIN: B000WULHMS
* ''Southern Greece: An Archaeological Guide. Attica, Delphi and the Peloponnese,'' Robert and Kathleen Cook, Faber & Faber (1968) ASIN: B000WULHMS
* ''A note on the absolute chronology of the eighth centuries and seventh centuries B.C'' (Annual of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, (1969) ASIN: B0007KBOOY
* ''A note on the absolute chronology of the eighth centuries and seventh centuries B.C'' (Annual of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, (1969) ASIN: B0007KBOOY
* '''Epoiesen' on Greek vases'' (Journal of Hellenic Studies), (1971) ASIN: B0007C95GQ
* '''Epoiesen' on Greek vases'' (Journal of Hellenic Studies), (1971) ASIN: B0007C95GQ
* ''Greek Art: Its Development, Character and Influence'', Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) (1973) ISBN-10: 0374166706 ISBN-13: 978-0374166700
* ''Greek Art: Its Development, Character and Influence'', Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) (1973) {{ISBN|0-374-16670-6}} {{ISBN|978-0374166700}}
* ''Greek and Roman Pottery'' (with R.J. Charleston), Kodansha America, Inc (1979) ISBN-10: 0870113437 ISBN-13: 978-0870113437
* ''Greek and Roman Pottery'' (with R.J. Charleston), Kodansha America, Inc (1979) {{ISBN|0-87011-343-7}} {{ISBN|978-0870113437}}


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Latest revision as of 14:34, 27 October 2024

Robert Manuel Cook
FBA
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]

Biography

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Robert Cook was born in Sheffield on 4 July 1909, the son of a clergyman and his wife, the Reverend Charles Robert and Mary Manuel Cook. After a period of home schooling and then boarding school, Cook was educated at Marlborough College between 1923 and 1929, then went up to Clare College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a double first in Classics. He was awarded a Walston scholarship in 1932 and spent the next two years undertaking research in the British School at Athens.[1] In 1946, after pre-war lecturing positions at the University of Manchester and wartime service in the Civil Service, Cook took up the position of Laurence Reader in classical archaeology at Cambridge University, which he held until his elevation in 1962 to the Laurence Chair where he remained until his formal retirement in 1976. Cook published extensively during his career; his Greek Painted Pottery, first published in 1960, with a third edition published in 1997, has been described as "an essential volume in any library on ancient Greece".[2] Photographs attributed to Cook and annotated the British School Athens are held in the Conway Library whose archive, of primarily architectural images, is being digitised under the wider Courtauld Connects project.[3]

In 1938, Cook married Kathleen Porter (d. 1979). The Cooks enjoyed travelling together and, in 1968, they published a joint work, Southern Greece: An Archaeological Guide. His younger brother was John Manuel Cook, also a noted scholar of antiquity.[1]

In retirement Cook acted as chairman of the British School at Athens between 1983 and 1987. He died in Cambridge on 10 August 2000 aged 91.[4][5]

Publications

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  • Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum ... British Museum ... Descriptions of the ancient vases in the Department (Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Great Britain. fasc. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 13.) by Robert Manuel Cook, Edgar John Forsdyke, Frederick Norman Pryce, and Arthur Hamilton Smith ASIN: B0014KZ0KU
  • Ionia and Greece in the Eighth and Seventh Centuries B.C (1948) ASIN: B000WUDKT6
  • Amasis mepoiesen (Journal of Hellenic Studies), Council of the Society (1949) ASIN: B0007KCI94
  • Painted inscriptions on Chiot pottery (Annual of the British School at Athens, MacMillan (1952) ASIN: B0007KCI8U
  • A list of Clazomenian pottery (Annual of the British School at Athens, 1952 ASIN: B0007KC2S6
  • British Museum (Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities) (Corpus vasorum antiquorum. Great Britain) Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum (1954) ASIN: B0007IZ7AS
  • Thucydides as archaeologist (Annual of the British School at Athens), MacMillan (1955) ASIN: B0007KCIB2
  • Speculations on the origin of coinage Bell & Howell Co., Micro Photo Div (1958) ASIN: B0007HDDGE
  • Greek Painted Pottery (Handbooks of archaeology) (1960) Methuen (1960) ASIN: B001OAY67I
  • The Greeks till Alexander (Ancient peoples and places series) Thames & Hudson (1962) ASIN: B0000CLAQI
  • A hydria of the Campana group in Bonn (with Jaap M. Hemelrijk, Jahrbuch der Berliner Museen), (1963) ASIN: B0007KC2SG
  • Niobe and her children (University of Cambridge Inaugural lectures), Cambridge U.P (1964) ASIN: B0000CM3UA
  • A corinthianising dinos in Cambridge, " L'Erma " di Bretschneider (1965) ASIN: B0007KCIBC
  • Southern Greece: An Archaeological Guide. Attica, Delphi and the Peloponnese, Robert and Kathleen Cook, Faber & Faber (1968) ASIN: B000WULHMS
  • A note on the absolute chronology of the eighth centuries and seventh centuries B.C (Annual of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, (1969) ASIN: B0007KBOOY
  • 'Epoiesen' on Greek vases (Journal of Hellenic Studies), (1971) ASIN: B0007C95GQ
  • Greek Art: Its Development, Character and Influence, Farrar Straus & Giroux (T) (1973) ISBN 0-374-16670-6 ISBN 978-0374166700
  • Greek and Roman Pottery (with R.J. Charleston), Kodansha America, Inc (1979) ISBN 0-87011-343-7 ISBN 978-0870113437

References

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  1. ^ a b c Boardman, John (2002). "Robert Manuel Cook 1909–2000" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 115: 195–203.
  2. ^ "Greek Painted Pottery". Routledge & CRC Press. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Who made the Conway Library?". Digital Media. 30 June 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  4. ^ Obituary in The Independent 31 October 2000
  5. ^ "Professor Robert Cook". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020.
Academic offices
Preceded by Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology Cambridge University
1962 - 1976 		Succeeded by
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