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Olive Cook (Olive Muriel Cook) was born on 20 February, 1912 in Chesterton, Cambridge, England, is an English writer and artist. Discover Olive Cook's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 90 years old?
| Popular As |
Olive Muriel Cook |
| Occupation |
writer, artist |
| Age |
90 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
| Born |
20 February 1912 |
| Birthday |
20 February |
| Birthplace |
Chesterton, Cambridge, England |
| Date of death |
2 May, 2002 |
| Died Place |
Saffron Walden, Essex, England |
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Olive Cook Height, Weight & Measurements
At 90 years old, Olive Cook height not available right now. We will update Olive Cook's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Who Is Olive Cook's Husband?
Her husband is Edwin Smith (m. 1954-1971)
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| Husband |
Edwin Smith (m. 1954-1971) |
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Olive Cook Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Olive Cook worth at the age of 90 years old? Olive Cook’s income source is mostly from being a successful writer. She is from . We have estimated Olive Cook's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Not Available |
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Not Available |
| Source of Income |
writer |
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Timeline
Olive Muriel Cook (20 February 1912 – 2 May 2002), was an English writer and artist who published county guides, as well as writing various books accompanied by the work of her husband, the photographer Edwin Smith.
Olive Muriel Cook was born on 20 February 1912, at 43 Garden Walk, Chesterton, Cambridge, the daughter of Arthur Hugh Cook, an assistant at Cambridge University Library, and his wife Kate (née Webb).
She won scholarships to The Perse School and Newnham College, Cambridge, where she earned a bachelor's degree in modern languages.
After Cambridge, Cook worked for the publishers Chatto and Windus as a typographer.
She moved to the National Gallery, where she was employed as supervisor of publications, under Kenneth Clark, and was involved in the removal of its collections to Blaenau Ffestiniog in anticipation of World War II.
During the war some of her watercolours were acquired for the Recording Britain project.
After the war, Cook worked as a freelance writer and artist.
Cook shared a house on Church Row in Hampstead with fellow artist Malvina Cheek in the late 1940s.
Cook often worked in conjunction with her husband, Edwin Smith, providing the text in books where he took the photographs, such as Leonard Russell's annual The Saturday Book from 1944 to the 1960s, the English Parish Churches series (1950), English Cottages and Farmhouses (1954), English Abbeys and Priories (1961) and The Wonders of Italy (1963).
In 1948 she wrote the guidebook Suffolk which were illustrated by Rowland Suddaby (part of the Vision of England series), and in 1953 the Cambridgeshire: Aspects of a County in 1953.
She married the photographer Edwin Smith in 1954.
In 1954, Cook married the photographer Edwin Smith.
She published Breckland in 1956, in the Regional Books series.
In 1962, they moved to Saffron Walden, firstly to a tall house on the corner of Audley Road and East Street, and later into the Coach House at the Vineyards on Windmill Hill.
Cook was part of the campaign against the building of Stansted Airport, and wrote The Stansted Affair, published in 1967, with a foreword by John Betjeman, and reviewed as a "telling angry indictment".
Cook died of cancer on 2 May 2002 at Saffron Walden Community Hospital, Saffron Walden.
The papers of Cook and her husband were donated to Newnham College.
