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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

  • Creation: 1780 - 1953

Conditions Governing Access

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Extent

3 item(s) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transferred from the artworks storerooms in December 2005.

Date information

DateText: Date has been estimated.

Finding aid date

2006-02-15 15:15:04+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Archive Centre, King's College, Cambridge Repository

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