Theodore Cooke, CIE, (born Tramore, County Waterford, January 6, 1836; died Richmond, London, November 5, 1910) was an Anglo-Irish engineer, educator, and botanist active in India.
John Cooke, Rector of Ardfinnan, County Tipperary and was educated at Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1859 in arts and engineering.
During that time the college added programs in licenced and civil engineering, forestry, and agriculture and became affiliated with the University of Bombay.
After Cooke left India and settled in England, he was appointed to a position at the Imperial Institute which occupied his time.
However, eventually he settled at Kew near the botanical gardens and began the project, which was published in sections from 1901 to 1908, ultimately collected into two volumes.