Henry Cooke

Henry Cooke may refer to:

  • Henry Cooke (composer) (c. 1616–1672), English composer
  • Henry Cooke (artist) (1642–1700), British painter
  • Henry Cooke (minister) (1788–1868), Irish presbyterian leader
  • Henry D. Cooke (1825–1881), first territorial governor of the District of Columbia
  • Henry Frederick Cooke (1784–1837), British soldier

Famous quotes containing the words henry and/or cooke:

    Fact I know; and Law I know; but what is this Necessity, save an empty shadow of my own mind’s throwing?
    —Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

    It used to be said that you had to know what was happening in America because it gave us a glimpse of our future. Today, the rest of America, and after that Europe, had better heed what happens in California, for it already reveals the type of civilisation that is in store for all of us.
    —Alistair Cooke (b. 1908)