Nathaniel Cook (barman)
Nathaniel Cooke was the English designer of a set of chess figures called the Staunton chess set which became the most commonly used chess set worldwide in chess tournaments. Chess set Cooke registered his design at the United Kingdom Patent Office on 1 March 1849 under the Ornamental Designs Act 1842. Cooke was the editor of ''The Illustrated London News'', the newspaper where Howard Staunton wrote a regular chess column. Cooke asked Staunton to advertise his chess set. Staunton did so in his column on 8 September 1849, and the set became famous under the name ''Staunton chess set, Staunton'' rather than ''Cooke''. Other businesses In addition, Cooke was an ambitious London-based publisher who, as Ingram, Cooke & Co., produced many volumes of history, travel guides, and other works. Ingram and Cooke were the proprietors of the mid-Victorian ''National Illustrated Library'' that failed in 1854 due to carrying an excess amount of titles: :When the ''National Illustrated ...
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