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Thomas Cooke (1722–1783)
Thomas, Tommy or Tom Cooke may refer to: Arts and entertainment *Thomas Cooke (author) (1703–1756), English translator of the classics *Thomas Simpson Cooke (1782–1848), Irish composer, singer and theatre musician *Thomas Taplin Cooke (1782–1866), English showman *Thomas Cooke (actor) (1786–1864), English actor Law and politics *Thomas Cooke (mayor) (died 1478), lord mayor of London *Sir Thomas Cooke (–1709), governor of East India Company and MP for Colchester *Thomas B. Cooke (1778–1853), United States representative from New York *Thomas F. Cooke (1863–1941), American banker and Los Angeles City Council member *Thomas H. Cooke Jr. (1929–2020), American politician, mayor of East Orange, New Jersey Sports *Thomas Cooke (English footballer) (fl. 1880s), English footballer for Notts County *Thomas Cooke (soccer) (1885–1964), American soccer player and Olympian *Thomas Cooke (footballer, born 1913) (1913–1974), English footballer Others *Thomas Cooke (priest) (15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Cooke (author)
Thomas Cooke (1703 – 29 December 1756), often called "Hesiod" Cooke, was an active English translator and author who ran afoul of Alexander Pope and was mentioned as one of the "dunces" in Pope's ''Dunciad.'' His father was an innkeeper. He was educated at Felsted School, Felsted. Cooke arrived in London in 1722 and began working as a writer for the British Whig Party, Whig causes. He associated with Thomas Tickell, Ambrose Philips, Leonard Welsted, Richard Steele, and John Dennis (dramatist), John Dennis. Cooke is the source of one of the primary biographies of John Dennis, which he wrote in Latin. Battles with Alexander Pope Cooke did a great deal of first-rate translation from Latin and ancient Greek. His first publication was an elegy on the death of the highly contentious John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Marlborough in 1722. He followed that with a masque entitled ''Albion'' in 1724. His most famous production was ''The Battle of the Poets'' in 1725. This was a rewo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |