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Arthur Rook
Arthur Rook may refer to: * Arthur Rook (equestrian) (1921–1989), English equestrian and Olympic champion * Arthur Rook (dermatologist) (1918–1991), British dermatologist and author See also * Arthur Rooke (fl. 1910s–1920s), British actor and film director {{hndis, Rook, Arthur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Rook (equestrian)
Arthur Laurence Rook (26 May 1921 – 30 September 1989) was an English equestrian and Olympic champion. He won a team gold medal in eventing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Stockholm for United Kingdom. He became European champion in 1953. Rook was an officer in the British army, the Royal Horse Guards, and served in Egypt and Italy during the Second World War. He received the Military Cross The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level (second-level pre-1993) military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and formerly awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries. The MC i ... in 1944. References 1921 births 1989 deaths Olympic equestrians for Great Britain British male equestrians Equestrians at the 1952 Summer Olympics Equestrians at the 1956 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain British event riders British Army personnel of World War II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Rook (dermatologist)
Arthur James Rook FRCP (15 May 1918 – 30 July 1991) was a leading British dermatologist and the principal author of ''Rook's Textbook of Dermatology'' (1968), known as "Rook's", which reached its ninth edition in 2016. Rook was closely associated with Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, as a consultant dermatologist and later wrote the history of that hospital. He was the editor of the ''British Journal of Dermatology'', president of the British Association of Dermatologists, and of the International Society of Tropical Dermatology, was elected an honorary fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and became the president of the British Society for the History of Medicine. Together with Ian Whimster, he wrote important articles on keratoacanthoma and blistering skin diseases. Early life Arthur Rook was born on 15 May 1918, in Cobham, Surrey, the eldest child of Sir William Rook, who was knighted for his services as director of the sugar division at the Ministry of Food durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
