Arthur Bernard Cook

Arthur Bernard Cook
Born	1868
Died	1952
Residence	Fellow of Queen's College and Reader in Classical Archaeology, Cambridge
Occupation	academic
Society Membership membership Ordinary fellow left 1909 last listed elected_AI 1909.07.15

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proposed by W. Ridgeway, seconded by T.A. Joyce 1909.07.15

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Arthur Bernard Cook (22 October 1868, Hampstead – 26 April 1952, 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.[1] 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.