Arthur Bernard Cook

Arthur Bernard Cook (1868 – 1952) 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.

Works

The Metaphysical Basis of Plato's Ethics (1895)
Zeus. A Study In Ancient Religion. (1914-1925)
- Volume 1: Zeus, God of the Bright Sky, Biblo-Moser, June 1, 1964, ISBN 0-8196-0148-9 (reprint)
- Volume 2: Zeus, God of the Dark Sky (Thunder and Lightning), Biblo-Moser, June 1, 1964, ISBN 0-8196-0156-X
- Volume 3: Zeus, God of the Dark Sky (earthquakes, clouds, wind, dew, rain, meteorites)

References

^ Lowell Edmonds, Approaches to Greek Myth (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1990), p. 72.

External links

A.B. Cook's entry at the British Academy

Academic offices
Preceded by None. New position	Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology Cambridge University 1931 - 1934	Succeeded by Alan John Bayard Wace

Persondata
Name	Cook, Arthur Bernard
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Short description	British classical scholar
Date of birth	1868
Place of birth
Date of death	1952
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