Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 163,981 pages of information and 245,954 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Thomas Cooke

From Graces Guide

Thomas Cooke (c1806-1868), of T. Cooke and Sons, York, was a self-taught optical engineer

1837 Established a scientific instrument manufacturing business in York

1855 He built his own factory on Bishophill, York, producing a great range of goods from spectacles, telescopes and surveying equipment to sundials, clocks and lathes.

1868 Died. Obituary.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. York Herald - Saturday 31 October 1868