# Henry Cooke

> Henry Cooke commonly known as Captain Cooke, was an English composer, choirmaster and singer. He was a boy chorister in the Chapel Royal and by the outbreak of the English Civil War was a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. He joined the Royalist cause, in the service of which he rose to the rank of captain. With the Restoration of Charles II he returned to the Chapel Royal as Master of the Children and was responsible for the rebuilding of the chapel and the introduction of instrumental music into the services. The choristers in his charge included his successor and eventual son-in-law Pelham Humfrey, as well as Henry Purcell, John Blow, William Turner, Robert Smith and Michael Wise.

*British composer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Born:** 1616
- **Died:** 1672
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 40.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 7.8 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 7.7 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 43.5 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 45.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2281698)

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