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Larke is a surname. Notable people with the name include: *Alex Larke (born 1979), British singer *Glenda Larke, Australian writer *Joan Larke (c.1490–1532), English mistress *John Larke (c.1500–1544), English priest *John Short Larke (1840–1910), Canadian trade commissioner *Thomas Larke Thomas Larke, DCL was an English priest and academic in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Larke held livings at Morborne and Kettering. Larke was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1517 to 1525. He was Archdeacon of Sudbury The Archdeaco ..., English priest See also * Larke, Pennsylvania * Lark (name) {{surname ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alex Larke
Alex Larke (born Alexis Kenneth Larke; 25 May 1979) (also known as Larkey Larke or Larkey) is a British singer/songwriter that represented the United Kingdom as part of the duo Electro Velvet, in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song " Still in Love with You". For the majority of his career, Larke has been a solo artist, although some of his other musical endeavours have been varied, working with British rock bands, X and Manimal, before later collaborating with electronic act Teflon Child and big beat pioneer, Cut La Roc. In 2017, Larke released his debut solo album, entitled ''Disposable Love''. The album was preceded by two singles, "Shine On" and "Belladonna". Career Early beginnings Born in Welwyn Garden City, Larke was raised, with his sister Anna, by father Jerry, a motorcycle racer, and his Athens, Greece-born mother Penelope, a seamstress. Living in a council house, Larke had a very modest, but happy working-class upbringing in a home that forever had music pl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Glenda Larke
Glenda Larke, born Glenyce Larke, is an Australian writer. Biography Larke grew up in Western Australia. She obtained a degree in history and a diploma in education at University of Western Australia and has taught English in Australia, Vienna, Tunisia and Malaysia.She currently resides in Mandurah, Western Australia with her husband, who works with the United Nations, and two children. Larke's first novel, ''Havenstar'' was published in 1998 by Virgin Worlds in the UK under her married name of Glenda Noramly. In 2003, she returned to the fantasy genre under the name of Glenda Larke when Voyager Books released '' The Aware'', the first book in ''The Isles of Glory'' trilogy. ''The Aware'' was a finalist in the 2003 Aurealis Awards fantasy division. ''Gilfeather'' and ''The Tainted'' completed the trilogy. ''The Tainted'' was a finalist in the 2004 Aurealis Awards fantasy division. ''The Isles of Glory'' was shortly followed by Larke's second trilogy ''The Mirage Makers''. I ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joan Larke
Joan Larke (c. 1490 – 1532) was the mistress of the powerful English statesman and churchman in the Tudor period, Thomas Wolsey, Archbishop of York, and mother of his two illegitimate children. Wolsey's mistress Joan was born in about 1490 at Yarmouth, Norfolk, the daughter of Peter Larke, variously described as a Thetford innkeeper, common councilman of London or gentleman of Huntingdonshire, whose elder brother was Blessed John Larke. Her brother Canon Thomas Larke, dean of Bridgnorth, was chaplain to Wolsey. In about 1509, when Wolsey served as almoner to the new king Henry VIII of England, Joan became his mistress, living with him at Bridewell Palace. She bore him two illegitimate children: * Thomas Wynter (1510 – 1542), dean of Wells, and had issue. * Dorothy Clancey (b. 29 September 1512), a nun. Her son, Thomas, was sent to live with a family in Willesden, whilst her daughter, Dorothy, was adopted by John Clancey, alderman of Worcester, later entering Shaftesbury ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Larke
John Larke (fl. c. 1500 - died 7 March 1544) was an English Catholic priest and martyr, who was executed during the reign of Henry VIII. Larke was a notable personal friend of Thomas More, Lord High Chancellor of England. Larke was beatified in 1886 by Pope Leo XIII. Life Larke studied at Cambridge University, before serving for twenty six years as rector of St. Ethelburga's Bishopsgate in the City of London. He transferred to a prosperous living as rector of Woodford, Essex, before returning to London four years later, in 1530, when Sir Thomas More appointed him vicar of Chelsea. Larke allegedly swore the Oath of Supremacy in 1534 but, as Cresacre More puts it: "the example of St. Thomas More's death so wrought on his mind that afterwards he followed his own sheep and suffered a famous martyrdom." He was indicted on 15 February 1544, with John Ireland, vicar of Eltham, German Gardiner, and Thomas Heywood. All were condemned, but Heywood recanted on the hurdle and lived t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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John Short Larke
John Short Larke (May 28, 1840 – April 24, 1910) was Canada's first trade commissioner who represented the country in Australia starting in 1895. Biography John Short Larke was born near Stratton, Cornwall, England, UK. At the age of four, he arrived in Oshawa, Ontario with his parents. Between 1865 and 1878, Larke bought out the owners of the ''Oshawa Vindicator,'' becoming the sole proprietor of a strongly pro-Conservative newspaper in Oshawa, Ontario. In 1894, Larke became Canada's first trade commissioner following a successful trade delegation to Australia led by Canada's first Minister of Trade and Commerce, Mackenzie Bowell. Arriving in Sydney in 1895, Larke was tasked with developing the market for Canadian products in Australia, developing a list of Canadian suppliers for promoting sales to Australia, and reporting back to Ottawa regarding market conditions. During Larke’s years as a Trade Commissioner, thCanadian Trade Commissioner Serviceexpanded from one ma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thomas Larke
Thomas Larke, DCL was an English priest and academic in the 15th and early 16th centuries. Larke held livings at Morborne and Kettering. Larke was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge from 1517 to 1525. He was Archdeacon of Sudbury from 1517 to 1522; and Archdeacon of Norwich The Archdeacon of Norwich is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, who exercises supervision of clergy and responsibility for church buildings within the geographical area of her or his archdeaconry. History ... from 1522 to 1528.Horn, pp44-46 References Masters of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Archdeacons of Sudbury Archdeacons of Norwich 16th-century English people {{UCambridge-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Larke, Pennsylvania
Larke is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in eastern Blair County, in the southeastern part of Woodbury Township. It sits in the valley of Clover Creek, a northward-flowing tributary of the Frankstown Branch Juniata River The Frankstown Branch Juniata River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Juniata River in Blair and Huntingdon counties, Pennsylvania, i .... Larke is south of Williamsburg by Upper Clover Creek Road. Demographics References Census-designated places in Blair County, Pennsylvania Census-designated places in Pennsylvania {{BlairCountyPA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |