 John Cook (1807-1869)

Very Rev Prof John Cook DD (1807–1869) was a Scottish minister and Professor of Church History who served as Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1859.He was born in St Andrews on 1 September 1807 the son of Rev Prof John Cook and his wife, Elizabeth Hill, and grandson of Rev John Cook (Moderator in 1816).He studied Divinity at St Andrews University and gained his MA in 1823.