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Harry Cook (other)
Henry or Harry Cook may refer to: * Henry Caldwell Cook (1886–1939), British educator * Henry Francis Cook (1855–?), American manufacturer and financier * Henry Lucas Cook (died 1928), Archdeacon of Craven, 1913–1928 * Harry Cook (actor) (born 1991), Australian actor, writer and LGBTQ activist * Henry Cook (aviator) (1863–1950), early British aviator and Royal Artillery officer * Henry Cook (footballer) (1893–1917), English footballer * Harry Cook (footballer) (1914–1987), Scottish footballer * Harry Cook (martial artist) (Henry Wilson Cook, born 1949), British martial artist, teacher, and author See also * Harold Cook (other) * Henry Cooke (other) {{hndis, Cook, Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Caldwell Cook
Henry Caldwell Cook (1886–1939) was a British educator known for his book ''The Play Way'', which contended that doing was a better learning method than reading and listening, and that youth study through play. Early life and career Henry Caldwell Cook was born in Liverpool in 1886. He attended a St. John's Wood prep school, Highgate School in London, and Lincoln College, Oxford, Lincoln College in Oxford. He received second class honours from the school of English language and literature in 1909 and an Oxford Diploma in Education with distinction in 1911. Caldwell Cook served as the English master at the Perse School in Cambridge from 1911 to 1915 and 1919–1933, and served his country with the Artists Rifles division in France. During this time, he wrote ''Littlemans Book of Courtesy'' (1914) and ''The Play Way, an Essay in Educational Method'' (1917), his magnum opus. Caldwell Cook saw the current schooling system to impede "true education". He used drama to teach Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
