John Cook (1739-1815) was Professor of Humanity at St Andrews University from 1769 to 1773 and Professor of Moral Philosophy at the same institution 1773 to 1814.
[1] He was the son John Cook, minister of St Monans, who was born about 1711, and his wife Anne.
His mother, Anne, died on 12 February 1756, aged 48.
(His father was the son of Thomas Cook, merchant, Elie, and Christian Gillespie.
[5] His grandson (son of George) was Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1859.