| Authorised form of name | Cooke; Benjamin (-1774) |
| Other forms of surname | Cook |
| Dates | -1774 |
| Place of birth | Wimborne Dorset? |
| Dates and places | Burial:
St Thomas's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight (15 December 1774) |
| Occupation | Surgeon |
| Activity | Career:
Newport, Isle of Wight (by 1725)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 11/03/1736 |
| Relationships | Married (c1746) Martha Peterson, widow of Joachim Peterson of Bagwich Manor, Godshill, Isle of Wight |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll gives date of death as 1758; Letter from Malcolm Pinhorn (April 2003) - using sources at Isle of Wight Record Office and P J and R V Wallis et al, 'Eighteenth Century Medics' (Newcastle upon Tyne, 1986) |
| Royal Society code | NA580 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1735/21 | Cooke, Benjamin: certificate of election to the Royal Society | 11 March 1736 |
| L&P/1/424 | Letter, 'Effect of apple farina (pollen) on other apple blooms' from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson | 7 October 1745 |
| L&P/1/454 | Letter, 'Legendary acct. of cockatrice' from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson | 20 February 1746 |
| L&P/2/71 | Letter, 'Of the earthquake shock of March 18' from Benjamin Cooke to Peter Collinson | 26 March 1750 |
| L&P/1/178 | Letter, 'Of certain ferruginous stones 'Granadoes Terrelles'' from Benjamin Cook to Peter Collinson | 4 October 1742 |