Anthony Cooke

Anthony Cooke was formerly Senior Lecturer in Continuing Education, University of Dundee and Historical Consultant to Historic Scotland on the restoration of Stanley Mills, Perthshire. Recent publications include Stanley: From Arkwright Village to Commuter Suburb, 1784-2003, (Perth, 2003); From Popular Enlightenment to Lifelong Learning. A History of Adult Education in Scotland, 1707 to 2005, (Leicester, 2006); 'The Scottish Cotton Masters, 1780-1914', Textile History, 40, (1), May 2009, 29-50; and The Rise and Fall of the Scotish Cotton Industry, 1778-1914, (Manchester, 2010). His current project is a book on Scotland and the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1707-1866.