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SOF | OBITUARIES
for all eventualities: personal, spiritual,
selfless devotion...
pastoral, or academic... often at the
Forever, ‘On an eminence…’
drop of a hat. Nothing was ever too much
trouble. And amidst all those professional
MDR
courtesies and personal kindnesses,
Typical of many comments received from
Michael invariably made it seem as though
OFs were the following:
the recipients of his generosity were
doing him a favour: the loan of books
Mr “Frank” Cooke really made Fram a
from his personal library; the concert
happy place. The banter between him,
trips to Snape; the historically themed
Goring and Waugh in the reading room
silk ties and special bottles of claret for
during our lessons on the English Civil
Robbo... ‘probably corked, so you can
War will never be forgotten. Nor those
always pour it down the sink if it’s no
Saturday mornings ... Which horse would
good!’ Considerate and unconditionally
win the 2.30 at Newmarket?
generous to the last, by the end of that
- Michael Regan, Bangkok
phone call from the hospital, Michael was
overcome with emotion, humbled by the
I am extremely saddened to learn of
love and affection expressed by so many
the death of Michael Cooke. When I last
well-wishers from all over the world.
saw him a few months before the start of
So moved, in fact, that he subsequently
the pandemic, he seemed in fine fettle.
consented to the livestreaming of this
Michael certainly taught me on his first day
service: in characteristically selfless
at the college in 1974 and I may well have
fashion, his love of tradition and hatred
been in his very first class. He also taught
of modern technology giving way to
me sixteenth and seventeenth century
heartfelt concern for the many dear
history in the Sixth Form. In particular, I
friends who would otherwise have been
found his teaching of sixteenth century
unable to be with us today!
English economic history most interesting
and retain that interest to this very day. He
And so, in this pattern of timeless
was a great teacher.
moments, while the sun shines on a spring
- Dr. Malvern Tipping (Moreau 1973-1978).
afternoon, amidst the splendour of the
ancient Howard and Hitcham Tombs, we
JOHN DURHAM (K46-49)
have much to be thankful for!
John died on 30 March 2021. He was for
For Today we celebrate the life of mjc (in
many years our host at the Essex Supper
lower case).
at his golf course at the Warren Golf Club,
Principled, kind, generous and pure.
near Maldon, Essex.
A man of distinction, elegance and grace.
Scholar and Schoolmaster
ROBIN ADRIAN FOSTER-CLARKE
extraordinaire...Michael Cooke,
(R53-57)
Like the College he served with such
Robin died suddenly at the James Paget
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