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Theodore Andrea Cook
1867–1928
A lively British writer and editor with wide-ranging interests, he moved easily between art, sport, travel, and history. Best known as the longtime editor of The Field, he also wrote on everything from Leonardo da Vinci to the Olympic Games.
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The Story of Rouen
by Theodore Andrea Cook
About the author
Sir Theodore Andrea Cook was born in 1867 and became known as a British writer, art critic, and journalist. His work ranged across art, architecture, travel, and sport, and that breadth gives his books a curious, energetic feel even now.
He is especially remembered for serving as editor of The Field from 1910 until his death in 1928. Alongside his journalism, he wrote a number of books, including studies of spiral forms in nature and art, writing on French châteaux, and books connected with the early modern Olympic movement.
Cook was closely involved with Olympic culture as well as writing about it, and he even won a silver medal in the 1920 Olympic art competitions for literature. Knighted later in life, he left behind the portrait of a man whose interests were unusually broad: equally at home discussing painting, architecture, fencing, country life, and international sport.