Background
COOKE, George was born on January 6, 1916 in Kingston-on-Soar. Son of William H. Cooke and Sarah,J. (nee Whittaker) Cooke.
COOKE, George was born on January 6, 1916 in Kingston-on-Soar. Son of William H. Cooke and Sarah,J. (nee Whittaker) Cooke.
Loughborough Grammar School, University College, Nottingham.
He was the deputy director of Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1962 until 1975. He was Chief Scientific Officer of the Agricultural Research Centre from 1975 until his retirement in 1981. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1969, Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1975.
He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School.
Royal Society 1969; Lenin All-Union Academy, of Agricultural Sciences of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Royal Irish Academy.
Married Elisabeth H. Hill in 1944.