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Dutton Cook
1829–1883
A lively Victorian man of letters, he was best known for sharp, well-informed writing about the theater while also turning his hand to fiction and essays.
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Art in England: Notes and Studies
by Dutton Cook
About the author
Born in London on January 30, 1829, Edward Dutton Cook became a British dramatic critic and author whose work was closely tied to the literary and theatrical life of Victorian England. Sources agree that he was educated at King's College School and worked for a time outside literature before moving more fully into writing.
Cook wrote criticism for important periodicals, including the Pall Mall Gazette, and later contributed to The World. He was also associated with the Cornhill Magazine as an assistant editor. Alongside journalism, he published novels and other prose, building a career that mixed literary work with close observation of the stage.
He died on September 11, 1883. Remembered chiefly as a theater critic, he also stands out as one of those versatile 19th-century writers who moved easily between reviewing, editing, and storytelling.