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William Cooke (Professor Of Greek)
William Cooke or Bill Cooke may refer to: Sports *Harry Cooke (born William Henry Cooke, 1919–1992), English footballer * William Cooke (cricketer) (1868–1954), New Zealand cricketer * William Cooke (footballer) (1915–?), English footballer * Bill Cooke (defensive end) (born 1951), American football defensive end * Bill Cooke (footballer) (1888–1950), Australian rules footballer Politicians * William Cooke (died 1558), MP for New Woodstock and Portsmouth * William Cooke (died 1589), MP for Stamford and Grantham * Sir William Cooke (of Highnam) (1572–1619), English Member of Parliament * William Cooke (died 1703) (1620–1703), MP for Gloucester * William Cooke (1682–1709), MP for Gloucester * William Mordecai Cooke Sr. (1823–1863), Confederate politician *William Cooke, MP for Lewes * William Wilcox Cooke (died 1816), Associate Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court Others * William Fothergill Cooke (1806–1879), English inventor * William Ernest Cooke (1863– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Cooke
William Henry Cooke (7 March 1919 – 1992) was an English professional footballer, best known as a player for Luton Town. Career Cooke began his career with Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic, but failed to play a league game for the south coast club before moving to Luton Town in 1946. Cooke was more of a success at Luton, making 228 appearances in all competitions before signing for Shrewsbury Town for the 1953–54 season. Joining Watford Watford () is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, 15 miles northwest of Central London, on the River Colne. Initially a small market town, the Grand Junction Canal encouraged the construction of paper-making mills, print works, and ... in 1954, Cooke played 10 games for the club during the 1954–55 season before transferring to Bedford Town. (registration & fee required) References 1919 births English men's footballers English Football League players AFC Bournemouth players Luton Town F.C. players Shrewsbury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ernest Cooke
William Ernest Cooke (25 July 1863 – 7 November 1947), generally referred to as W. Ernest Cooke or informally Ernest Cooke, was an Australian astronomer, credited with a number of important scientific breakthroughs and improved methodologies in Astrometry, astronomical observations and Star catalogue, star cataloguing. He was the first Western Australian Government Astronomer and established the Perth Observatory as one of the best equipped and productive establishments of its type in Australia. Cooke was born in Adelaide, the son of Ebenezer Cooke (politician), Ebenezer Cooke, public servant and politician from South Australia. He was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, The Collegiate School of St Peter in Adelaide (1875–79) and the University of Adelaide (Bachelor of Arts, B.A., 1883; Master of Arts, M.A., 1889). Cooke did well at school: in 1879 he was first placed in St Peter's First Class of matriculants, with passes in Greek and Chemistry. He signed the student ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Wilson Cooke
William Wilson Cooke (1871–1949) was an American architect. He worked in the Office of the Supervising Architect of the United States Department of the Treasury and was the first African American man to be employed there. Cooke was the first African American to obtain an architect’s license in the state of Indiana in 1929. He designed many buildings for Claflin College, the Cookman Institute, and the United States Postal Service. Early in his career he worked as a school official. Early life and education William Wilson Cooke was born on December 27, 1871, in Greenville, South Carolina. His parents were Magdalena Walker and Wilson Cooke, a former slave, merchant and local politician. He had four siblings, all of whom attended Claflin College. His paternal grandfather was Vardry McBee, an influential entrepreneur, a white slave holder, and philanthropist of Greenville. Cooke attended school in Greenville until age 14, and then served as a carpenters apprentice from 1885 u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William W
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of England in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie or the play ''Douglas''). Female forms are Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the given name ''Wilhelm'' (cf. Proto-Germanic ᚹᛁᛚᛃᚨᚺᛖᛚᛗᚨᛉ, ''*Wiljahelmaz'' > German ''Wilhelm'' and Old Norse ᚢᛁᛚᛋᛅᚼᛅᛚᛘᛅᛋ, ''Vilhjálmr''). By regular sound changes, the native, inherited English form of the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke
Sir William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke, 10th Baronet (21 June 1872 – 11 June 1964)Mosley, Charles, ed. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'' 107th edition was a soldier, breeder of racehorses and orchid breeder. He served as a lieutenant the East Kent Regiment and the Yorkshire Dragoons and held the office of High Sheriff of Yorkshire for 1903-1904. He moved from Wheatley Hall in 1911 to Ranby Hall in Lincolnshire, and after a period spent living in London he settled in Hampstead Norreys in Berkshire where he started an orchid collection at Wyld Court and became a pioneer of orchid breeding, in particular cymbidiums.''Dictionary Of British And Irish Botanists And Horticulturalists Including plant collectors, flower painters and garden designers'' 1994 Taylor & Francis, London Part of his collection was moved to the Quinta da Boa Vista on Madeira ) , anthem = ( en, "Anthem of the Autonomous Region of Madeira") , song_type = Regional anthem , image_map=EU-Portuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooke Baronets
There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Cooke, two in the Baronetage of England and one in the Baronetage of Ireland. One creation is extant as of 2013. The Cooke Baronetcy, of Wheatley Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of England on 10 May 1661 for George Cooke, in recognition of his father's services during the Civil War and with remainder to his younger brother Henry, who succeeded as second Baronet in 1683. The third Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Aldborough. The fourth Baronet represented East Retford in the House of Commons. The fifth Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1739. The ninth Baronet was a Deputy Lieutenant of Yorkshire. The tenth Baronet was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1903 and a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire. The ancestral seat of the Cooke family was Wheatley Hall, Doncaster, Yorkshire. Much of the original estate was purchased by the Cooke family in the early seventee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Crooke And William Cooke
Andrew Crooke (died 20 September 1674) and William Cooke (died 1641?) were London publishers of the mid-17th-century. In partnership and individually, they issued significant texts of English Renaissance drama, most notably of the plays of James Shirley. Andrew Crooke was the son of a William Crooke, a yeoman of Kingston Blount, Oxfordshire. On 26 March 1629, Andrew Crooke won his "freedom" of the Stationers Company – that is to say, he gained full membership in the guild of London booksellers, publishers, and printers – and in time "became one of the leading publishers of his day." Perhaps his most notable solo achievements were the 1640 publication of the second edition of Ben Jonson's 1616 folio, and his editions of the ''Religio Medici'' of Sir Thomas Browne. (Of the latter, Crooke published two unauthorized editions in 1642, and the authorized and corrected edition of 1643, plus subsequent editions in 1645, 1648, 1656, 1659, 1669, and 1672). His currently best-known pub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gordon Cooke
William Gordon Cooke (March 26, 1803 – December 24, 1847) was a New Orleans druggist from Virginia, who volunteered for service in the Texas Revolution; fighting at Béxar and San Jacinto, he rose to the rank of major in the Texian Army. In the Republic he held a number of military and civilian appointments; as commissioner to the Comanches he participated in the Council House Fight, and as colonel of the First Texas Infantry he became the last commanding officer of the Regular Texas Army. After its disbandment, Cooke participated in the Santa Fe Expedition and sat imprisoned in Mexico City. Back in Texas, he fought the Mexicans at Arroyo Hondo, and in the naval battles of Campeche. The last Secretary of war of the Republic, he was also the State of Texas' first Adjutant general. Texas Revolution Cooke, a Virginian of Anglo-Irish descent, came to Texas with the New Orleans Grays in 1835. Having moved from Fredericksburg to New Orleans to take up the family business of pha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bridge Cooke
William Bridge Cooke (July 16, 1908 – December 30, 1991) was an American mycologist. He specialized in fungal ecology and taxonomy, with on emphasis on the Polyporaceae. He was the author of at least 192 publications and five books. Cooke also published many fungal taxa: 3 subfamilies, 10 genera, 1 section, 144 new species, 4 subspecies and varieties, and 141 new combinations. Cooke received a Bachelor's degree in botany from the University of Cincinnati in 1932, and a Master of Science in 1939 at Oregon State University. After serving in the army during World War II, Cooke obtained a Ph.D. in 1950 from the Washington State University under the supervision of Rexford F. Daubenmire. Cooke died in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 83. Several taxa have been named in Cooke's honor: the fungi '' Bricookea'' M.E.Barr, '' Bridgeoporus'' T.J.Volk, Burds. & Ammirati, '' Bahusakala cookei'' M.B.Ellis, '' Choiromyces cookei'' Gilkey, '' Clathrospora cookei'', '' Microsporium cookei'' L.Ajello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bernard Cooke
William Bernard Cooke (1778 – 2 August 1855), was an English line engraver. Life and work Cooke was born in London in 1778. He was the elder brother of George Cooke (1781–1834), and became a pupil of William Angus (1752–1821), the engraver of the "Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in Great Britain and Wales". After the termination of his apprenticeship he obtained employment upon the plates for Brewer's "Beauties of England and Wales", and then undertook the publication of "The Thames" which was completed in 1811, and for which he engraved almost all the plates after Samuel Owen. His most important work was the "Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England", chiefly from drawings by Turner, which he produced between 1814 and 1826, conjointly with his brother, George Cooke, and for which he executed no less than twenty-two plates, besides many vignettes. He also engraved after Turner "The Source of the Tamar" and "Plymouth", and in 1819 five plates of "Views in Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cooke (priest, Born 1821)
William Cooke (1821 – 23 November 1894), widely known as Canon Cooke, was a Church of England clergyman, hymn-writer, and translator. As an author he sometimes signed his work A. C. C., which stood for "a canon of Chester".Theodore Brown Hewitt, ''Paul Gerhardt as a hymn writer and his influence on English hymnody'' (Yale University Press, 1918), p. 142 Early life Baptised on 17 March 1821, the fourth son of Thomas Cooke, Esquire, of Gorsefield, Eccles, Lancashire, Cooke was educated at Clapham by the Rev. Dr N. Laing and was admitted to Trinity Hall, Cambridge, on 10 October 1836. He actually matriculated in the Michaelmas term of 1839, was elected a Scholar in 1840, and graduated BA in 1843, proceeding to MA in 1848. In 1844 he was ordained a deacon of the Church of England. Career Cooke served as curate of Hillingdon, Middlesex, from 1844 to 1846, and in 1845 was ordained a priest. His next appointment was as curate of Brantham, Suffolk, from 1846 to 1848, and then for tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Cooke (Provost Of King's College)
William Cooke (1711–1797) was an English cleric and academic, Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1772 and Dean of Ely from 1780. Life He was born in St. James's, Westminster, 15 October 1711. He was sent to Harrow School in 1718, and then Eton College in 1721. In 1731 he became a scholar, and in 1734 a Fellow, of King's College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1735. Soon after graduating Cooke became an assistant-master at Eton. In May 1743 he was unanimously elected head-master, but found his health too weak for the place, and in 1745 took the college living of Sturminster-Marshall, Dorset. In 1748 he was elected fellow of Eton College, and resigned Sturminster on being presented to the rectory of Denham, Buckinghamshire; he was also bursar of Eton. In 1765 he proceeded D.D., and was appointed chaplain to George Montagu-Dunk, 2nd Earl of Halifax. In 1768 he accepted the rectory of Stoke Newington. On 25 March 1772 Cooke was unanimously elected Provost of King's Colle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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