Cook, Alexander Shank ♂
Education
Student United College 1824-1825 Lat. Jun.; Gk. Jun. 1825-1826 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Math. Jun.; Log. 1826-1827 Lat. Prov.; Gk. Prov.; Ethics; Math. 2 & 3; Pol. Econ. (Secondar).
Birth/childhood
Born 9.10.1810 son of George Cook, Professor of Moral Philosophy, St Andrews University and Diana Shank. [University professor]
Career
Also at Edinburgh University - arts student 1827-1828, law student 1830-1833.
Advocate 1834. Procurator of the Church of Scotland. [Lawyer]
Death
Died 16.1.1869.
Sources
- F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)
- Scotsman 18.1.1869
- Edinburgh Evening Courant 18.1.1869
- F.J. Grant, The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland 1532-1943 (Edinburgh, 1944) (SRS145)