Katharine Cook

Lady Katharine Cook
Miss Timpson seated to the left of a patient convalescing, Mengo Hospital, Uganda.
Born	Katharine Timpson 1863
Died	17 May 1938(1938-05-17) (aged 74–75) Namirembe, Uganda Protectorate
Nationality	British
Occupation(s)	Missionary, nurse and educator
Medical career
Institutions	Mengo Hospital
Awards	Order of the British Empire Belgian Red Cross Queen Elisabeth Medal

Katharine, Lady Cook CMG OBE (née Timpson; 1863 – 17 May 1938) was a British medical missionary who worked in Uganda. She co-founded the Church Missionary Society Hospital at Mengo, which opened in May 1897, and served as its matron until 1911. In 1918, she began training midwives via the Maternity Training School in Namirembe, which she founded. She later became consulting physician to the Government European Hospital in Kampala.