Theodore Andrea Cook

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name = Theodore Andrea Cook


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birth_date = birth date|1867|3|28|mf=y
birth_place = Wantage, United Kingdom
death_date = death date and age|1928|9|16|1867|28|3|mf=y
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parents = Henry Cook (father)
Jane Elizabeth Cook (mother)
occupation = Writer and Art criticSir Andrea Theodore Cook (March 28, 1867 – September 16, 1928) was a British art critic and writer.

porting activities

He studied at Radley College, where he also pursued sporting activities becoming captain of the football and boating teams. He continued his studies at Wadham College, Oxford, where he participated for Oxford in the 1889 Boat Race. He stayed in Oxford after graduation and in 1891 founded the "University Fencing Club". He continued being interested in fencing and was captain of the English Fencing Team in the 1903 championships in Paris and the 1906 championships in Athens. In 1908 he was appointed representative of the United Kingdom in the International Olympic Committee.

In 1920 he won a silver medal in the art competitions of the Olympic Games for his "Olympic Games of Antwerp".

Activity as writer and publisher

He was chief editor of The Field from 1910 to 1928. He died of a heart attack on September 16, 1928.

Books

* "A History of the English Turf"- London, 1901
* "Spirals in Nature and Art" - London, 1903
* "The Water-Colour Drawings of J.M.W.TURNER, in the National Gallery", London, 1904.
* "Twenty-five Great Houses of France"
* "Eclipse-1775, Persommon-1906" - London, 1907
* " The Official Report of the Olympic Games of 1908" - London, 1908
* "The Story of the Rouen" - London, 1911
* "Old Touraine. The Life and History of the Famous Chateaux of France" 2 volumes ISBN: 0-7103-0989-9
* "The Curves of Life" - London, 1914 ISBN-13: 978-0486237015
* "The Sunlit Hours" - London, 1926
* "Character and Sportmanship" - London 1926

References

* Margaret Prentice - Sir Theodore Andrea Cook, sometime of Wantage [http://www.wantage.com/museum/Local_History/Sir%20Theodore%20Cook.pdf]
* Obituary - The Times, Sept 18 1928
* Obituary - The Field, Sept 20 1928

External links

* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=COOKAND01 profile]