Alfred Alistair Cooke

Background

Cooke, Alfred Alistair was born on November 20, 1908 in Manchester, England. Naturalized, 1941. Son of Samuel and Mary Elizabeth (Byrne) Cooke.

Education

1st class English Tripos, Jesus College, Cambridge, 1929. Bachelor, Jesus College, Cambridge, 1930. Commonwealth Fund fellow, Yale, 1933.

Commonwealth Fund fellow, Harvard University, 1934. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Edinburgh, 1969. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Manchester, 1973.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Andrew's University, 1976. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Cambridge University, 1988. Doctor of Letters (honorary), Yale University, 1993.

Career

Film critic, British Broadcasting Corporation, 1934-1937; British Broadcasting Corporation commentator on American affairs, British Broadcasting Corporation, since 1938; London correspondent, NBC, 1936-1937; special correspondent American affairs, London Times, 1938-1942; American feature writer, London Daily Herald, 1941-1943; United Nations correspondent (Manchester), Guardian, 1945-1948; chief United States correspondent, Guardian, 1948-1972; host Public Broadcasting Service Series, Masterpiece Theater, 1971-1992. Scholar Jesus College, Cambridge, honorary fellow, 1986.

Achievements

• Alfred Alistair Cooke has been listed as a notable correspondent, writer, broadcaster by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Patient Has the Floor: Essays

    ( Masterful essays by one of the most distinctive voices ...)

  • Memories of the Great and the Good

    ( Over the course of his distinguished career as a foreig...)

  • America Observed: From the 1940's to the 1980's

    ("America Observed" provides, for the first time, a collec...)

  • Fun & Games With Alistair Cooke

    (The renowned journalist and former host of Masterpiece Th...)

  • Fun & Games With Alistair Cooke

    ( The renowned journalist and beloved former host of Mast...)

  • Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements BY Cooke, Alistair ( Author ) { Paperback } 2015
  • The Patient Has the Floor

    (An engaging series of essays based on lectures Cooke pres...)

  • Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements Cooke, Alistair ( Author ) { Paperback } 2015
  • Garbo And The Night Watchmen

    (Eight essays on pleasure and pain in the movies; solicite...)

  • Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke BY Cooke, Alistair ( Author ) { Paperback } 1996
  • The Patient Has the Floor British First Edition Signed by Alistair Cooke

    (British first edition of THE PATIENT HAS THE FLOOR, signe...)

  • Fun & Games with Alistair Cooke Cooke, Alistair ( Author ) { Paperback } 1996
  • Douglas Fairbanks;: The making of a screen character, (Museum of Modern Art. Film library series)

    (This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of th...)

  • A generation on trial: U.S.A. v. Alger Hiss

    (8vo, blue cloth with embossed lettering in gold on the sp...)

  • The Patient Has the Floor: A Volume in the Signed First Edition Society Series

    (1st edition signed by author. Gilded all around. Hobbled ...)

  • A Generation on Trial: U.S.A. v. Alger Hiss

    (Good hardcover. No DJ. FIRST EDITION. Pages are clean and...)

  • The Vintage Mencken

    (Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (September 12, 1880 - January...)

  • Above London

    (Above London. Visitors to England who marvel at this lush...)

  • Above London by Cooke, Alistair (1980) Hardcover

    (1st Printing)

  • The Americans / Letters from America 1946 - 1951 / Talk About America 1951 - 1958 : 3 Volume Set in Slipcase
  • (The Vintage Mencken ) Author: Alistair Cooke Nov-2008
  • Above London / photography by Robert Cameron ; text by Alistair Cooke
  • Above London by Alistair Cooke (1980-08-01)
  • A Generation on Trial: USA v. Alger Hiss
  • Fun and games with Alistair Cooke: on sport and other amusements
  • The Vintage Mencken Gathered By Alistair Cooke-Vintage Books K-25
  • The Patient Has the Floor (Curley Large Print Books)
  • Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements
  • Memories of the Great and the Good 1st Edition by Cooke, Alistair (2013) Paperback
  • Memories of the Great and the Good
  • Fun & Games With Alistair Cooke: On Sport and Other Amusements by Cooke, Alistair (1995) Hardcover
  • Talk About America. 1951-1968.
  • Garbo and the Night Watchmen: A Selection from the writings of British and American Film Critics
  • AMERICA OBSERVED From the 1940's to the 1980's
  • The Vintage Mencken
  • The Patient Has the Floor by Alistair Cooke (1986-04-12)
  • Talk About America LP REC 70M
  • Garbo and the night watchmen;: A selection made in 1937 from the writings of British and American film critics (Cinema two)
  • A Generation on Trial: U. S. A. VS Alger Hiss
  • by Alistair Cooke (Author)Memories of the Great and the Good (Paperback)
  • Memories of the Great and the Good
  • Above London by Alistair Cooke (1980-08-01)

Membership

Member of The Links New York City (honorary life), Lotos Club (honorary life), National Arts Club New York City (honorary life), Players Club (honorary life), San Francisco Golf Club (honorary life).

Interests

• Golf, music, travel, photography.

Connections

Married Ruth Emerson. 1 child, John Byrne; Married Jane White Hawkes. 1 child, Susan Byrne.

Father:

Samuel Cooke

Mother:

Mary Elizabeth (Byrne) Cooke

Spouse:

Jane White Hawkes

Spouse:

Ruth Emerson

child:

John Byrne Cooke

child:

Susan Byrne Cooke