Norman Cook (1903 – May 11, 1933) was a British physician, medical missionary, and evangelist in Northern Nigeria from 1930 to 1933.The Church Missionary Outlook, Volume , Issue 10. 1941. London: Church Missionary Society. Available through: Adam Matthew, Marlborough, Church Missionary Society Periodicals, [Accessed October 24, 2021]. As a member of the Hausa Band from Cambridge University, Cook was influential in the development of the hospitals and out-patient dispensaries in Zaria and Wusasa and was the leader in the building of the dispensary in Maska. His transfer of the leper colony in Zaria resulted the establishment of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Training Centre in Zaria, Nigeria in 1991. Cook’s missionary service was brief due to his unexpected death caused by septicaemia in the operating theater.
