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Robin Cook
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American novelist, ophthalmologist, aquanaut
OverviewAI-generated
Robin Cook is an American physician, novelist, and science fiction writer born in New York City on May 4, 1940. He has served as a physician writer and holds citizenship in the United States. Cook’s literary career began in 1972, and he has written works in the thriller and science fiction genres. His notable work includes the novel *Coma*. He has been employed by Princeton University and has received education from Harvard Medical School, Wesleyan University, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Harvard University.
In addition to his writing, Cook served in the United States Navy. He speaks English as his native language. While other data sources associate the name Robin Cook with musical genres such as black gospel and classic soul, or with film writing, the primary biographical details identify him as a medical professional and author.
Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 4 May 1940
- Works
- 578
Top works
- Kokhavim be-maʻaṭafah
- Pretend You Don't See Her; The Big Picture; A Place to Call Home; Chromosome 6
- קדחת
- Brain
- Godplayer
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Known for
- Your Studio and You — Robin Cook1995
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Robert Brian Cook , ( 1940-05-04 ) May 4, 1940 (age 86) , Brooklyn, New York City , New York , United States
- Occupation
- Author surgeon ophthalmologist aquanaut
- Education
- Wesleyan University ( BS ), Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ( MD ), Ophthalmology at Harvard , Public policy at Harvard Kennedy School
- Genre
- Thriller
- Relatives
- Edgar Lee Cook (father), Audrey Cook (mother)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Rob
- Family name
- Cook
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- Princeton University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- science fiction
- Military branch
- United States Navy
- Official website
- robincook.com
- Image
- Robin Cook.JPG
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Robin Cook (novelist)
- date of birth
- 1940-05-04
- name in native language
- Robin Cook
- start of work period
- 1972-00-00
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Brian "Robin" Cook (born May 4, 1940) is an American physician and novelist who writes largely about medicine and topics affecting public health.
He is known best for combining medical writing with the thriller genre. Many of his books have been bestsellers on The New York Times Best Seller List. Several of his books have also been featured by Reader's Digest. His books have sold nearly 400 million copies worldwide.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Robin Cook” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.