Robert Cook (other)
Robert Cook may refer to: Politics * Robert Cook (Australian politician) (1867–1930), Australian politician * Robert E. Cook (1920–1988), American attorney, politician, and judge * Robin Cook (1946–2005), British Labour Party politician * Bob Cook, candidate in the 2002 Winnipeg municipal election for city councillor of Transcona Ward * Robert Cook, 14th-century Member of the Parliament of England for Dunwich * Robert Douglas Cook, Canadian political candidate for the Gay Alliance Toward Equality Sports * Robert Cook (swimmer) (born 1932), Bermudian former swimmer * Robert Cook (wrestler) (1903–1963), British wrestler * Bob Cook (1946–1978), Canadian ice hockey player * Bobby Cook (basketball) (1923–2004), American basketball player Others * Robert Cook (vegan) (1646–1726), Irish eccentric farmer and early veganism activist * Robert Cook (veterinarian), equine veterinarian * Robert A. Cook (1912–1991), president of The King's College in New York * Rob ...
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Robert Cook (Australian Politician)
Robert Cook (18 April 1867 – 21 May 1930) was an Australian politician. He was a Country Party member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1919 to 1928, representing the Victorian electorate of Indi. Early life Cook was born at Chiltern, Victoria to English splitter Henry Cook and his Irish wife Mary, née Wilkinson. He received little formal education and was soon a land-owner, owning land at Tallangatta and Porepunkah. He married Sarah Anne Weston on 24 December 1894 at Porepunkah; in 1905, they moved to Oxley and established a dairy farm. Local politics Cook was a member of Chiltern Shire Council 1902–04, and was elected to the Shire of Oxley Council in 1908, being its president 1910-11 and 1916–17. He became one of the most active public figures in the Wangaratta district, founding the North-Eastern Co-operative Society Ltd in 1906. He was also a director of the Milawa Dairy Co and chairman of the Butter and Chesse Factories Association of Victor ...
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Robert F
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English ...
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Bobby Cook (other)
Bobby Cook may refer to: * Bobby Cook (basketball) (1923–2004), American basketball player * Bobby Cook (footballer) (1924–1997), English footballer *Bobby Lee Cook (1927–2021), American attorney See also *Robert Cook (other) Robert Cook may refer to: Politics * Robert Cook (Australian politician) (1867–1930), Australian politician * Robert E. Cook (1920–1988), American attorney, politician, and judge * Robin Cook (1946–2005), British Labour Party politician * Bo ...

Bert Cook (other)
Bert Cook may refer to: * Bert Cook (basketball) (1929–1998), American basketball player *Bert Cook (footballer) (1889–after 1919), English footballer *Bert Cook (rugby), New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer See also *Bert Cooke (other) * Albert Cook (other) * Herbert Cook (other) *Robert Cook (other) *Bertie Cook Trial by combat (also wager of battle, trial by battle or judicial duel) was a method of Germanic law to settle accusations in the absence of witnesses or a confession in which two parties in dispute fought in single combat; the winner of th ...

Cook (surname)
Cook is an occupational surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include: A *Aaron Cook (other), multiple people *Adam Cook (other), multiple people * A. J. Cook (born 1978), Canadian actress * A. J. Cook (trade unionist) (1883–1931), Welsh trade unionist *Alan Cook (other) or Allan, multiple people *Alana Cook (born 1997), American soccer player * Alastair Cook (born 1984), English cricketer * Albert Cook (other), multiple people *Alex Cook (other), multiple people *Alfred M. Cook, American politician * Ali Cook, English magician and actor * Alice Cook (other), multiple people * Alistair Cook (other), multiple people *Allison Cook (other), multiple people * Alyssa-Jane Cook (born 1967), Australian actress, singer and television presenter * Amanda Cook (singer) (born 1984), Canadian singer * Amy Cook (born 1979), American musician and singer-songwriter * Anne Cook (other), or A ...
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Robert Coke (other)
Robert Coke may refer to: *Robert Coke (MP for Coventry and Fowey) (1587–1653), MP for Coventry, 1614–1621 and Fowey, 1624 *Sir Robert Coke, 2nd Baronet (1645–1688), MP for Derbyshire *Robert Coke (MP for King's Lynn) (1651–1679), MP for King's Lynn 1675–1679 *Robert Coke (18th century MP), Whig politician in Norfolk 1734 * Robert Coke (investor) (born 1972), British investor See also *Robert Cooke (other) *Robert Cook (other) *Coke (other) Coke usually refers to: * Coca-Cola, a brand of soft drink **The Coca-Cola Company * Slang term for cocaine, a psychoactive substance and illicit drug Substances Soft drinks *Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca-Cola * Generic name for a soft dr ...

Robert Cook (jurist)
Robert Matthew Cook is a Magistrate of the Australian Capital Territory. He was appointed as a magistrate on 11 September 2013. Career Cook first held positions as a dry-cleaner, waiter, barman and paperboy. Cook then enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1976. He studied at the Queensland University of Technology while serving and eventually worked as a legal officer. In 1996, Cook left the Royal Australian Air Force and became a solicitor in private practice. During this time, he was also the Vice-President of the Australian Industrial Relations Tribunal. From 2005 to 2010, he was also Deputy President of the ACT Racing Appeals Tribunal. He eventually became a partner in two separate major law firms. He was called to the bar in 2010. He specialised in employment law as well as work, health and safety law. The Attorney-General Simon Corbell Simon Corbell (born 21 November 1970) is a former Australian politician and Deputy Chief Minister of the Australian Ca ...
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Derek Raymond
Robert William Arthur Cook (12 June 1931 – 30 July 1994), better known since the 1980s by his pen name Derek Raymond, was an English crime writer, credited with being a founder of British '' noir''. Biography Early life The eldest son of a textile magnate, Cook spent his early years at the family's London house, off Baker Street, tormenting a series of nannies. In 1937, in anticipation of the Second World War, the family retreated to the countryside, to a house near their Kentish castle. In 1944, Cook went to Eton, which he later characterised as a "hotbed of buggery" and "an excellent preparation for vice of any kind". He dropped out at the age of 17. During his National Service, Cook attained the rank of corporal (latrines). After a brief period working for the family business, selling lingerie in a department store in Neath, Wales, he spent most of the 1950s leading the life of a Chelsea layabout which he describes in his first, semi-autobiographical, novel ''The Crust o ...
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Veda Hlubinka-Cook
Veda Hlubinka-Cook (born Robert Cook, on December 26, 1964) is an American programmer and co-founder of Metaweb. The company was acquired by Google in 2010. She was a video game programmer at Broderbund in the 1980s. She designed and wrote the games '' Gumball'' and '' D/Generation''; was the model for one of the characters in Jordan Mechner's game ''Prince of Persia''; and was technical director for ''The Last Express''. She came out as transgender A transgender (often abbreviated as trans) person is someone whose gender identity or gender expression does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth. Many transgender people experience dysphoria, which they seek to alleviate through ... in 2017. References External links * * "Digital cartoon and animation process" Video game programmers Women video game programmers Living people American video game designers Yale University alumni 1964 births LGBT studies articles needing attention {{programmer ...
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Robert Raymond Cook
Robert Raymond Cook (July 15, 1937 – November 15, 1960) was a Canadian mass murderer who was convicted of killing his father, Raymond Cook, in Stettler, Alberta, on June 25, 1959. It is alleged that Cook massacred his entire family at their home in Stettler, but was only charged with killing his father. He was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death. After officials declined to issue a reprieve, Robert was hanged in 1960. He was the last person to be executed by the province of Alberta. Early life Robert's mother died when he was 9 years old. He first got into trouble when he was 10, for stealing a car. When Robert was 12, his father married his elementary teacher, Daisy Mae Gaspar. The family moved from Hanna to Stettler. Robert first went to jail when he was 14 years old. From the time of his first incarceration to his execution, Robert spent a total of less than a year outside of prison. Murders, trial, and execution Months before the murders, Robert was hit in t ...
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Robert Percival Cook
Robert Percival Cook FRSE (1906-1989) was an Australian-born biochemist. He advised the UK government on nutritional issues during the Second World War and was considered an expert in the field of nutrition. He played a key role in the development of life sciences at the University of Dundee, with his colleague and fellow biochemist Geoffrey Dutton noting that Cook served the "University very well indeed." Life He was born in Melbourne, Australia on 14 April 1906, the fourth of five children to Francis Percival Cook (1867-1933), a stationer and printer, and his wife, Alice May Margaret Robertson (1870-1950). He was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew and the Scotch College, Melbourne before going on to study Chemistry at the University of Melbourne 1922 to 1925.In April 1926 he travelled to the United Kingdom to work in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of London. In October 1926 he went to Caius College at Cambridge University to work under Prof Frederick Gowla ...
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Robert O
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can ...
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