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Clarke (given Name)
Clarke is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Clarke Abel (c. 1789 – 1826), British surgeon and naturalist * Clarke W. Brown (died 1956), American politician * Clarke Carlisle (born 1979), English footballer * Clarke Dermody (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer * Clarke Fraser (1920–2014), Canadian medical geneticist * Clarke Hinkle (1909–1988), American National Football League player * Clarke Hogan (born 1969), American politician * Clarke Howard Johnson (1851–1930), justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court * Clarke Lewis (1840–1896), United States Representative from Mississippi * Clarke MacArthur (born 1985), Canadian National Hockey League player * Clarke Peters (born 1952), American actor, singer, writer and director * Clarke Reed (born 1928), American politician * Clarke Rosenberg (born 1993), American-Israeli basketball player * Clarke Scholes (1930–2010), American swimmer and Olympic gold medalist * Clarke Wilm (born 1976), Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarke Abel
Clarke Abel (5 September 1780 – 24 November 1826) was a British surgery, surgeon and natural history, naturalist. He accompanied William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Lord Amherst on his mission to Qing China, China in 1816-17 as the embassy's chief medical officer and naturalist, on the recommendation of Sir Joseph Banks. The mission was Britain's second unsuccessful attempt to establish diplomatic relations with China and involved travelling to the Beijing and the famous botanical gardens of Fa Tee (Huadi) near Guangzhou, Canton (Fangcun District). While in China, Abel collected specimens and seeds of the plant that carries his name, ''Abelia, Abelia chinensis'', described by Banks' botanical secretary Robert Brown (Scottish botanist from Montrose), Robert Brown, "with friendly partiality". However a shipwreck and an attack by pirates on the way back to his home in Britain caused him to lose all of his specimens. Abel's ''Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarke W
Clarke is a surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English language, English and Irish language, Irish origin and comes from the Latin . Variants include Clerk and Clark. Clarke (given name), Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name. Irish surname origin Clarke is a popular surname in Ireland. The Irish version of the surname is believed to have come from County Galway and County Antrim and spread to County Donegal and County Dublin. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic sept (social), sept , meaning "clerk". English surname origin Clarke, as well as Clark, is also a widespread surname in England. The English version is of Anglo-Saxon origin and was used in the Middle Ages for the name of a scribe or secretary. The word "clerc", which came from the pre-7th century Old English (meaning priest), originally denoted a member of a religious order, but later became widespread. In the Middle Ages, virtually the only people who could read and write were members of rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |