George W. Cooke

George William Cooke CBE FRS^[1] (6 January 1916 - 10 February 1992) was a British chemist. 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, CBE 1975. He was educated at Loughborough Grammar School.

References

↑ Bunting, A. H. (1994). "George William Cooke. 6 January 1916-10 February 1992". Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society 39: 92. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1994.0006.

Further reading

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