Marian Cooke (fl. 1946-1970)

Marian Cooke (fl. 1946-1970) was educated at Edinburgh Ladies College, which became the Mary Erskine School. After completing a secretarial course there, she worked in a legal office for two years before joining the administrative staff at the Edinburgh Provincial Training Centre (later Moray House College of Education). She later became secretary to Sir Godfrey Hilton Thomson (1881-1955), Director of Studies at the College and holder of the Bell Chair of Education at Edinburgh University. Following Thomson's retirement in 1951, she remained secretary at Moray House until 1970.