Ballot Archive

29 Aug 2024

Candidate Details

Candidate Name

David Cook

Academic degrees, honours etc.

Dip Cons, Cert Theol, Dip SW, CQSW

Profession or occupation

Retired probation officer

Grounds for election

David Cook served on the Council of the Monumental Brass Society after publishing a paper on the brass of Sir Peter Courtenay that revised thinking about the monument. His research with another scholar provided the entries in the County Series guide for Devon. In 2007 David published a definitive paper on the Gould monuments at Lewtrenchard. As a result several monuments in the churchyard were rescued from oblivion. With an anniversary approaching in 2004 David wrote the booklet for the church in Crediton about St Boniface. The research entailed travelling to Germany. In 2009 David published a collection of Flemish roundels in a hotel in Exeter. After a fire in 2016 his paper was used in the work of reconstruction. Subsequently David has been researching the Victorian stained glass of Devon for a book which is nearing completion, and meanwhile David is in demand for lectures. Memberships: Monumental Brass Society, Church Monuments Society, British Society of Master Glass Painters.

Signatories

The following Fellows have signed this Blue Paper