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Charles Brook (other)
Charles Brook may refer to: *Charles Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador *Charles Brook (philanthropist) Charles Brook (1814–1872), was an English businessman and philanthropist. Life Brook was born 17 November 1814, in Upperhead Row, Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. His father, James Brook, was member of the large banking and cot ... (1814–1872), English businessman and philanthropist * Charles Wortham Brook (1901–1983), London GP and member of the London County Council See also * Charles Brooke (other) * Charles Brooks (other) {{disambiguation BrookCharles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brook, Newfoundland And Labrador
Charles Brook is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic Canada, Atlantic region. The province comprises t ..., Canada. Charles Brook is in the electoral district Coast of Bays-Central-Notre Dame. Clifford Small is the MP of this electoral district. References Populated places in Newfoundland and Labrador {{Newfoundland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brook (philanthropist)
Charles Brook (1814–1872), was an English businessman and philanthropist. Life Brook was born 17 November 1814, in Upperhead Row, Huddersfield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England. His father, James Brook, was member of the large banking and cotton-spinning firm of Jonas Brook Brothers at Meltham. Charles Brook lived with his father, who in 1831 had moved to Thornton Lodge; and by 1840 he became partner in the firm. He made many improvements in the machinery and showed remarkable business talents. He strenuously refused to let his goods measure fewer yards than was indicated by his labels and he was bent on promoting the welfare of the two thousand hands in his employ. He knew them nearly all by sight, went to see them when ill, and taught their children in the Sunday school which he superintended for years (Huddersfield Examiner, vol. xx. No. 1471). He laid out a park-like retreat, which he himself planned, for his workpeople at Meltham, and built them a handsome dining-hall an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wortham Brook
Charles Wortham Brook CBE (1901–1983) was a London GP and an elected member of the London County Council. He was born in Lincoln, England, Lincoln into a comfortably established middle-class family of Tory views. His father was an ophthalmologist. He was secretary of the Cambridge University Socialist Society. He married Iris Beynon, a nurse while he was training at St Bartholomew's Hospital. He qualified as a medical practitioner in 1925. He wrote to the ''Daily Herald (UK newspaper), Daily Herald'' in 1930 inviting doctors "who might be interested in forming a body of socialist doctors" to contact him. This led to the foundation of the Socialist Medical Association in 1930 and he became its secretary, serving until 1938. He is credited with being the main architect of the Spanish Medical Aid Committee. He was a co-founder of the Royal College of General Practitioners in 1952. He lived at Mottingdeane, High Road, Mottingham, London, SE9. Publications *Battling Surgeon. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brooke (other)
Charles Brooke may refer to: * Charles Brooke (surgeon) (1804–1879), English surgeon and inventor * Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1829–1917), head of state of Sarawak, Borneo * Charles Brooke (Jesuit) (1777–1852), English Jesuit * Charles Vyner Brooke (1874–1963), third and last White Rajah of Sarawak See also * Charles Brook (other) Charles Brook may refer to: *Charles Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador Charles Brook is a settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmo ... * Charles Brooks (other) {{hndis, Brooke, Charles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brooks (other)
Charles Brooks may refer to: * Charles Brooks (cartoonist) (1920–2011), American editorial cartoonist * Charles Brooks (cricketer) (1927–2002), English cricketer * Charles Brooks (trade unionist) (1915–1977), Canadian labour union activist * Charles Brooks Jr. (1942–1982), American murderer executed in Texas * Tony Brooks (racing driver) (Charles Anthony Standish Brooks, 1932–2022), British race car driver * Charles E. P. Brooks, English meteorologist, for whom Cape Brooks, Antarctica, was named * Charles Lane Brooks, American minister and Kentucky Colonel * Charles L. Brooks III, American theoretical and computational biophysicist * Charlie Brooks (racehorse trainer) (Charles Patrick Evelyn Brooks, born 1963), British racehorse trainer * Charlie Brooks (cyclist) (1881–1937), British cyclist, also known as Colin Brooks * Charlie Brooks (footballer) (1911–1980), English footballer * Charles Timothy Brooks (1813–1883), American poet and Unitarian minister * Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
