Mordecai Cubitt Cooke
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke | |
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Mordecai Cubitt Cooke c.1905 | |
| Born | 12 July 1825 |
| Died | 12 November 1914 (aged 89) |
| Resting place | Islington Cemetery |
| Known for | Founder of the Quekett Microscopical Club |
| Spouse |
Sophia Elizabeth Biggs
(m. 1846; died 1897) |
| Partner |
Annie Elizabeth Thornton Biggs
(m. 1860; sep. 1890) |
| Children | 9, including painter William Cubitt Cooke |
| Parents |
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| Relatives | Ebenezer Cooke (brother) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany and mycology |
| Institutions | Holy Trinity National School |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Cooke |
Mordecai Cubitt Cooke (12 July 1825, in Horning, Norfolk – 12 November 1914, in Southsea, Hampshire) was an English botanist and mycologist who was, at various points, a London schoolteacher, a Kew mycologist, curator at the India Museum, journalist and author. Cooke was the elder brother of the art-education reformer Ebenezer Cooke (1837–1913) and father of the book illustrator and watercolour painter William Cubitt Cooke (1866–1951).