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Cooke, William, 1711 - 1797 (Dean of Ely)

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Cooke, William, 1780 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0272/KCAC/1/4/CookeW
Scope and Contents

William Cooke (bap. 1711, d. 1797) came up to King's as a scholar from Eton in 1730. He was Head Master at Eton 1743-5, Provost of King's 1772-97, Dean of Ely from 1780. This engraving was made from a drawing by S. Harding. The file also contains two letters from 1952-3 regarding purchase of the engraving.

Dates: 1780 - 1953
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