Thomas Cooke 1807-1868
Thomas Cooke was born on March 8th 1807 into a
poor family of shoemakers in the East Riding of Yorkshire. He would go on to
become one of the world’s most important telescope makers.
He moved to York in 1829 and in 1855 he built one the Uk’s
first purpose built telescope making factories, the Buckingham Works. He made
not only telescopes but many other kinds of optical instruments and turret
clocks. Among the
telescopes he made was one for HRH Prince Albert and in 1869 the largest
telescope in the world at that time, the 25 inch Newall refractor.
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| Newall refractor |
In 1866 he even built a small number of 3 wheeled steam cars.
Cooke died on October 19th 1868.
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