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Sir Albert Cook
Cook seated in a wooden armchair holding a book
Cook in c.1930
Born
Albert Ruskin Cook

(1870-03-22)22 March 1870
Hampstead, London, England
Died23 April 1951(1951-04-23) (aged 81)
Kampala, Uganda
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge (BA)
St Bartholomew's Hospital (MBBS, MD)
Occupation(s)Doctor and missionary
Years active1896–1951
Known forMissionary/humanitarian work
SpouseKatharine Cook
Medical career
InstitutionsMulago Hospital
Mengo Hospital
AwardsOrder of the British Empire
Order of St Michael and St George

Sir Albert Ruskin Cook, CMG, OBE (22 March 1870 – 23 April 1951)[1] was a British medical missionary in Uganda, and the founder of Mulago Hospital and Mengo Hospital. Together with his wife, Katharine Cook (1863–1938), he established a maternity training school in Uganda.

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