Journalist, Author. He spent his early years in Wantage, England after his father, Henry Cook, became headmaster of King Alfred’s School in 1868. Although he was strongly influenced by both of his parents, his formative years were spent with his mother, the artist Jane Elizabeth Cook while he attended his father’s school. His mother introduced him early to the world of paintings, sculpture and architecture. In 1881 he transferred to his father’s prior school Exmouth to improve his Latin verses. When he was fourteen, his father’s bank crashed, thus the family became bankrupted and receiving a private education was no longer possible for him, yet somehow the next year he was attending Radley College. There he pursued sporting activities becoming captain of the football and rowing teams. He continued his studies in the Classics, at Wadham College at Oxford where he was a member of the boat club, and placed third for Oxford in the 1889 Boat Race. He stayed in Oxford after graduation and in 1891 founded the "University Fencing Club". He continued being interested in fencing and was captain of the English Fencing Team in the 1903 championships in Paris and the 1906 championships in Athens. Being one of the three British representatives on the International Olympic Committee, he was involved in the arrangements for the Olympic Games of 1908 in London. He authored the book “The Cruise of the Branwen” after this experience. He was intimately involved with the organization of Henley Royal Regatta; he edited the “Amateur Rowing Association Handbook”. He had a passion for thoroughbred horse racing and published articles and books on the subject. Although no real passion for ice sports, he wrote about that sport too. Traveling about Europe inspired him to write books: in two volumes “Old Provence”, “Old Touraine”, “Twenty-five Great Houses of France” and “Leonardo da Vinci, Sculptor” among many others. In the “Twenty-five Great Houses of France”, he appeared more interested in the people who lived in these mansions than the ones who built them. Many of the illustrations in his books were done by his mother. As an art critic, he wrote “The Water-Colour Drawings of J.M.W.TURNER, in the National Gallery, London” in 1904. This writing experience led him into the field of journalism. At first, he did freelance writing; then he became the editor of “St. James Gazette” for several years. He wrote articles on rowing for the “London Daily Telegraph”. In 1910 he became editor of the “Field”, the County Gentleman’s Newspaper, a position he still held at the time of his death in 1928. He never owned the newspaper. After the outbreak of World War I, newspapers were facing a decline, but his continued publishing at a financial loss. The front page was now a stage for his articles about the war effort in England and internationally. In February 1915, he published a supplement edition that detailed with illustrations the terrors committed by German Armed Forces in Belgium, France, Russia and elsewhere. Many did not believe what he was reporting, became angry, and raided his office in protest of his anti-German propaganda. Using the Bryce Report, which was published by the British government, as his source, another article with actual photographs as documentation was published. Thanks to this writer, the world had evidence what was happening in Europe and soon the United States entered World War I as one of England’s allies. During the war, he also got involved with changing ambulances from the horse pulled carts to motorized ambulances. In 1916, King George V awarded him knighthood for all his many efforts of supporting England during the Great War. He remained involved with the International Olympic Committee until 1915. Since he was adamant that Germany not be a part of post-War Olympics, he submitted his resignation. Finally it was decided that Germany and their allied were not included in the 1920 Olympics. In a letter dated October 25, 1916, he attempted to eradicate his earlier resignation, but his attempt was denied. Art Competitions were held at the Olympics from 1912 to 1948. At the 1920 Olympic Games at Antwerp, he won the silver medal for Literature for his poem "The Antwerp Olympic Games", which critics referred as "sophisticated", "cryptic" and "an extremely dark and angry work reflecting the scarcely finished Great War, the terrible traces of which were visible in the Olympic Stadium". In 1926 Sir Theodore Cook published more two books, “The Sunlit Hours” and “Character and Sportsmanship”, both autobiographical. Even with all his talents, some recent critics have described him as opinionated and stubborn. His cause of death was a “heart attack”. He and his wife Elizabeth Wilhelmina Link Cook also have a cenotaph plaque at the cemetery in his hometown of Wantage.