Arthur Bernard Cook, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Bernard Cook

British classical archaeologist and religion academic

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1868

Place of Birth: Hampstead, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 26-Apr-1952

Profession: university teacher, art historian, classical scholar, anthropologist, classical archaeologist

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Arthur Bernard Cook (22 October 1868 in Hampstead – 26 April 1952 in Cambridge) was a British classical scholar, known for work in archaeology and the history of religions.
He is best known for his three-part work Zeus: A Study in Ancient Religion.
Cook is often considered one of the Cambridge Ritualists, and although he did not produce theoretical works, he has been called "perhaps the most typical disciple" of J.
G.
Frazer.
His poem Windsor Castle won the Chancellor's Gold Medal for poetry at Cambridge. From 1892-1907 he was professor of Greek at Bedford College, London.
He became Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge in 1931, where he had held a position as Reader from 1908.



Alternative names	Trevor Haddon
Description	British painter and artist
Date of birth/death	22 August 1864	13 December 1941
Location of birth/death	Barnet, London	Cambridge
Work period	1883-
Work location	Madrid, Rome, London, North & South America
Authority control	: Q16856391 VIAF: 95847986 ISNI: 0000 0000 6963 941X ULAN: 500026940 LCCN: n2001061727 Open Library: OL2441788A WorldCat