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Arthur Hafford Cooke, MBE (13 December 1912 – 31 July 1987) was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.

Cooke was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford He became a research lecturer at Christ Church in 1939. During World War Two he conducted radar research for the Admiralty. He was a fellow of New College, Oxford, from 1946 to 1976; university lecturer in physics from 1944 to 1971; reader in physics from 1971 to 1976; and warden of New College from 1976 to 1985.

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1. (2021). "Cooke, Arthur Hafford". Who's Who. A & C Black. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U163112. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
2. 'Arthur H. Cooke' Werner P. Wolf Physics Today 41, 4, 120 (1988); doi: 10.1063/1.2811403
3. 'Dr A. H Cooke' The Times London, England Saturday, Aug. 1, 1987 Issue 62836 p. 10 Obituary

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