​COOKE, THEODORE (1836–⁠)

Born 1836 : son of Rev. John Cooke, Rector of Ardinan, Co. Tipperary : educated at Dublin University, highly distinguished : went to India as Engineer of the Bombay-Baroda line, 1860 : erected the Bassein bridge, 1865 : Principal of Civil Engineering College at Poona, 1865 : acted as Director of Public Instruction in Bombay : Director of Botanical Survey of Western India, and Director of Agriculture : Fellow of the Bombay University : retired in 1893, and was Sub-Director of the Imperial Institute : author of Manual of Heat, Manual of Geology, Flora of Bombay Presidency : C.I.E. in 1891.