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Cocke
Cocke is a surname (pronounced ''cock'', ''cox'' or ''coke'') and may refer to: * Charles Lewis Cocke (1940- ) Professor of Physics at Kansas State University, winner of 2006 Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics *Erle Cocke Jr. (1921-2000), International banking consultant and lobbyist * James Cocke, mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia in the eighteenth century * James Richard Cocke (1863–1900), American physician, homeopath, and a pioneer hypnotherapist * John Cocke (1925–2002), American computer scientist *John Alexander Cocke (1772–1854), American politician who represented Tennessee *John Hartwell Cocke (1780–1866), American planter and brigadier general in the War of 1812 * Martha Louisa Cocke (1855-1938), American college president * Philip St. George Cocke (1809–1861), Confederate general during the American Civil War *William Cocke (1747–1828), one of the first U.S. senators from Tennessee *W. A. Cocke (1796–1844), third mayor of Louisville, Kentuck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hartwell Cocke
John Hartwell Cocke II (or Jr.) (September 19, 1780 – June 24, 1866) was an People of the United States, American military officer, planter and businessman. During the War of 1812, Cocke was a brigadier general (United States), brigadier general of the Virginia militia. After his military service, he invested in the James River and Kanawha Canal, James River and Kanawha Company and helped Thomas Jefferson establish the University of Virginia. The family estate that Cocke built at Bremo Historic District, Bremo Plantation is now a National Historic Landmark. Biography Early life and education John Hartwell Cocke II was born on September 19, 1780, at the Mount Pleasant plantation in Surry County, Virginia. With the exception of his younger brother Robert Kennon Cocke, who died in 1790, John was the only son of eight children born to John Hartwell Cocke I and Elizabeth Kennon Cocke. Through an entirely paternal line Cocke was a direct descendant of English politician Henry Cocke. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alexander Cocke
John Alexander Cocke (December 28, 1772February 16, 1854) was an American politician and soldier who represented Tennessee's 2nd district in the United States House of Representatives from 1819 to 1827. He also served several terms in the Tennessee Senate and the Tennessee House of Representatives, and was Speaker of the latter for two sessions (1811–1813 and 1837–1839). During the Creek War, Cocke commanded the Eastern Division of the Tennessee militia. Early life Cocke was born in Brunswick in Nottoway County in the Colony of Virginia in 1772, the eldest son of frontiersman and future senator, William Cocke, and wife Mary (Maclin) Cocke. While still a young child, he moved with his parents across the Appalachian Mountains to what is now Tennessee, where his father was active in the State of Franklin movement. The family settled in what is now Grainger County, but was then part of Hawkins County. The younger Cocke studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1793.Har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Michael Cocke
William Michael Cocke (July 16, 1815 – February 6, 1896) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's second district in the United States House of Representatives. Biography Cocke was born in Rutledge, Tennessee on July 16, 1815. He pursued classical studies and graduated from East Tennessee College at Knoxville, Tennessee. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in Rutledge and Nashville. Cocke was Clerk of Grainger County Circuit Court from 1840-1845. He served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives. On January 15, 1835, he married his first cousin, Sarah Frances Cocke, daughter of Willis and Margaret E. Rogers Cocke. They had seven children. There were no children by his second marriage to Amanda Grigsby, nor his third to Noel. Career Cocke was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth Congresses. He served from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. During the Thirtieth Congress, he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cocke
William Cocke (1748August 22, 1828) was an American lawyer, pioneer, and statesman. He has the distinction of having served in the state legislatures of four different states: Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, and was one of the first two United States senators for Tennessee. Early life and education Cocke was born in Amelia County, Virginia in 1748. He was of English descent. He was the sixth of ten or eleven children of Abraham (c.1695–1760) and Mary (Batte) Cocke. He was educated at home before reading law, and was admitted to the bar in Virginia. He owned slaves. Political Offices Cocke was an elected member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. In 1776, as a colonel of militia, he led four companies of men into North Carolina's Washington District for action against the Indians. Later that year, he left Virginia and moved to what was to become Tennessee. During the organization of the State of Franklin, Cocke was elected as the would-be state's delega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martha Louisa Cocke
Martha "Matty" Louisa Cocke (9 October 1855–15 August 1938) was an American educator known for being the president of Hollins College, the first woman college president in Virginia. Early life and education Cocke was born in 1855 to Charles Lewis Cocke and Susanna Virginia Pleasants Cocke, one of nine children. Her father was the superintendent of the Hollins Institute which he had founded, and the family lived on the grounds. She graduated from the collegiate department in 1874. Career Cocke's early professional career was as a secretarial assistant to her father in the superintendent's office. Two years after her graduation she was employed as an instructor of English, French, German, and mathematics. She became registrar and librarian of the school in 1884. Her father actually owned the deed to the school as a result of money owed to him by the trustees. When he died in 1901 and her eldest brother, the heir apparent, had predeceased him, the remaining heirs were left to sele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Richard Cocke
James Richard Cocke (1863 – April 12, 1900), who had been blind since infancy, was an American physician, homeopath, and a pioneer hypnotherapist. Early life He was born in the South of the United States, and had been totally blind since he was an infant. His sight had been completely destroyed when acid was accidentally applied to his eyes when he was just three weeks old. He moved to Boston around 1885. He was considered to be "highly educated"; and, despite his total blindness, "was able to go around the city at will", and "could play a piano with much skill": Dr. James P. icCocke of Boston, though blind, is one of the most enthusiastic bicycle riders. He rides a duplicate with Mrs. Cocke. Marriages Once he had moved to Boston, he married a Mrs. Green of Springfield, Massachusetts: They did not live long together, and at a subsequent court trial it was proved that before getting a divorce Cocke married a Miss Townsend of Hartford, Conn. His second wife left him, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cocke (computer Scientist)
John Cocke (May 30, 1925 – July 16, 2002) was an American computer scientist recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. He is considered by many to be "the father of RISC architecture." Biography He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, US. He attended Duke University, where he received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering in 1946 and his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1956. Cocke spent his entire career as an industrial researcher for IBM, from 1956 to 1992. Perhaps the project where his innovations were most noted was in the IBM 801 minicomputer, where his realization that matching the design of the architecture's instruction set to the relatively simple instructions actually emitted by compilers could allow high performance at a low cost. He is one of the inventors of the CYK algorithm (C for Cocke). He was also involved in the pioneering speech recognition and machine translation work at IBM in the 1970s and 1980s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cocke (other)
John Cocke may refer to: *John Cocke (computer scientist) (1925–2002), American computer scientist *John Alexander Cocke (1772–1854), American politician and Tennessee state militia officer during the Creek War * John Cocke (colonel), American officer in the Tennessee militia at the Battle of New Orleans *John Hartwell Cocke (1780–1866), American planter and brigadier general in the War of 1812 * John R. Cocke (1788-1854), American politician in Virginia * John Cocke (Mississippi), state legislator during Reconstruction See also *Cocke *John Cox (other) John Cox may refer to: Arts and entertainment *John Howard (American actor) (1913–1995), American actor, birth name John R. Cox, Jr. *John Cox (director) (born 1935), English theatre director *John Cox (sound engineer) (1908–1972), English so ... * John Cock (other) {{hndis, Cocke, John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Cocke
Dr. James Cocke served as mayor of Williamsburg, Virginia Williamsburg is an Independent city (United States), independent city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it had a population of 15,425. Located on the Virginia Peninsula ... from 1767 to 1768 and again from 1772 to 1773. Mayors of Williamsburg, Virginia {{Virginia-mayor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erle Cocke Jr
Erle may refer to: Places * Erle, Astrakhan Oblast, Russia * Erle, California, a former settlement in the United States *Erle (river), a river of Thuringia, Germany *, a borough of the German city of Gelsenkirchen *, a village in the German municipality of Raesfeld Given name * Erle Bartley (1922–1983), American agricultural scientist * Erle C. Ellis, American scientist * Erle Elsworth Clippinger (1864–1933), writer of children's literature, educator, and a grammaticist *Erle Cocke Jr. (1921–2000), American businessman *Erle Cox (1873–1950), Australian journalist and science fiction writer *Erle Stanley Gardner (1889–1970), American lawyer and author of detective stories *Erle P. Halliburton (1892–1957), American businessman * Erle Harstad (born 1990), Norwegian figure skater *Erle C. Kenton (1896–1980), American film director *Erle V. Painter (1881–1968), American chiropractor and athletic trainer *Erle Reiter (1916–2008), American figure skater *Erle Whiting ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davisson–Germer Prize In Atomic Or Surface Physics
The Davisson–Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics is an annual prize that has been awarded by the American Physical Society since 1965. The recipient is chosen for "''outstanding work in atomic physics or surface physics''". The prize is named after Clinton Davisson and Lester Germer, who first measured electron diffraction, and as of 2007 it is valued at $5,000. Recipients * 2022: David S. Weiss * 2021: Michael F. Crommie * 2020: Klaas Bergmann * 2019: Randall M. Feenstra * 2018: * 2017: and Stephen Kevan * 2016: Randall G. Hulet * 2015: and * 2014: Nora Berrah * 2013: Geraldine L. Richmond * 2012: Jean Dalibard * 2011: Joachim Stohr * 2010: Chris H. Greene * 2009: and Krishnan Raghavachari * 2008: * 2007: * 2006: * 2005: Ernst G. Bauer * 2004: * 2003: Rudolf M. Tromp * 2002: Gerald Gabrielse * 2001: Donald M. Eigler * 2000: William Happer * 1999: Steven Gwon Sheng Louie * 1998: Sheldon Datz * 1997: Jerry D. Tersoff * 1996: * 1995: Max G. Lagally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Lewis Cocke
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "free man". The Old English descendant of this word was '' Ċearl'' or ''Ċeorl'', as the name of King Cearl of Mercia, that disappeared after the Norman conquest of England. The name was notably borne by Charlemagne (Charles the Great), and was at the time Latinized as ''Karolus'' (as in ''Vita Karoli Magni''), later also as '' Carolus''. Some Germanic languages, for example Dutch and German, have retained the word in two separate senses. In the particular case of Dutch, ''Karel'' refers to the given name, whereas the noun ''kerel'' means "a bloke, fellow, man". Etymology The name's etymology is a Common Germanic noun ''*karilaz'' meaning "free man", which survives in English as churl (< Old English ''ċeorl''), which developed its depre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
