Painter, muralist, wood engraver and teacher, born in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. He studied at Royal Academy Schools under Thomas Monnington and Walter Westley Russell, gaining the Gold Medal and Travelling Scholarship; then at Central School of Arts and Crafts, for wood engraving under Noel Rooke. Cook served as a Merchant Navy radio officer in World War II, making an extensive record of his experiences at sea and in an Algerian prison camp. Imperial War Museum as well as London’s Guildhall Library, the Library of Congress in Washington and Bristol Museum and Art Gallery hold his work. Cook went on to become head of the design school at Edinburgh College of Art. He also produced a book of poems and wood engravings called Aftermath and toured a moving image show called Microcosm.