Writer, born in Winchester, Vriginia, USA. He earned a national reputation with historical romances set in old Virginia, such as The Virginia Comedians (1854). His Civil War service with the Confederate army inspired him to write war novels and biographies of Stonewall Jackson (1863) and Robert E Lee (1871). Returning to Virginia after the war, he wrote idealized novels of the antebellum South and a distinguished colonial state history (1883).
John Cooke may refer to:
John Cooke, 15th century composer John Cooke, the prosecutor in the 1649 trial of Charles I of England John Cooke (died 1683), English pirate John Cooke, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University 1788–1792 John Cooke (1824–1882), the American locomotive industrialist, founder of Cooke Locomotive Works John Cooke, 19th century English painter of seascapes and garden designer at Biddulph Grange John Cooke (1830–1886), Confederate Army officer and novelist John D. Cooke (born 1944), Irish judge at the European Court of First Instance John Cooke (Naval officer), A British captain killed at the Battle of TrafalgarSee also: John Cook
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