Arthur Hafford Cooke

English academic administrator

Arthur Hafford Cooke, MBE (13 December 1912 – 31 July 1987) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.[1]

Cooke was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford He became a Research Lecturer at Christ Church in 1939. During World War Two he conducted Radar research for the Admiralty. He was a Fellow of New College, Oxford, from 1946 to 1976; University Lecturer in Physics from 1944 to 1971; Reader in Physics from 1971 to 1976;[2] and Warden of New College from 1976 to 1985.[3]

References

  1. ^ [Anon.] (2021). "Cooke, Arthur Hafford". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U163112. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ 'Arthur H. Cooke' Werner P. Wolf Physics Today 41, 4, 120 (1988); doi: 10.1063/1.2811403
  3. ^ 'Dr A. H Cooke' The Times London, England Saturday, Aug. 1, 1987 Issue 62836 p. 10 Obituary
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