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Agnes Mary Clerke Agnes Mary Clerke (10 February 1842 – 20 January 1907) was an Irish astronomer and writer, mainly in the field of astronomy. She was born in Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland, and died in London.For details of the life and work of Agnes Clerk, ...

(1842–1907), Irish astronomer and science writer *

Charles Clerke Captain Charles Clerke (22 August 1741 – 22 August 1779) was an officer in the Royal Navy who sailed on four voyages of exploration, three with Captain James Cook. When Cook was killed during his 3rd expedition to the Pacific, Clerke took co ...

(1741–1779), British naval officer and explorer *

Charles Clerke (footballer) Charles John Clerke (8 September 1857 – 7 November 1944) was an English amateur footballer who scored the only goal in the 1879 FA Cup Final. Birth Clerke was born at Hanover Square, London and christened at St George's, Hanover Square in Dece ...

(1857–1944), English footballer *

Ellen Mary Clerke Ellen Mary Clerke (26 September 1840 – 2 March 1906) was an Irish poet, linguist and a journalist. Originally from County Cork in Ireland, Clerke was educated in Italy. She wrote in English and Italian, publishing works on astronomy, travel, a ...

(1840–1906), Irish poet, linguist and journalist *

Francis Clerke (disambiguation) Francis Clerke may refer to: *Francis Clerke (lawyer) (fl. 1594), English lawyer *Francis Clerke (politician, died 1686) (c. 1624–1686), English politician, MP for Rochester *Francis Clerke (politician, died 1715) (c. 1655–1715), English politi ...

* John Clerke (disambiguation) * Clerke baronets, three baronetcies ** Sir

Clement Clerke Sir Clement Clerke, 1st Baronet (died 1693) was an important (but financially unsuccessful) English entrepreneur, whose greatest achievement was the application of the reverberatory furnace (cupola) to smelting lead and copper, and to remelting pi ...

, 1st Baronet (died 1693), English entrepreneur **

Sir William Clerke, 8th Baronet Sir William Henry Clerke, 8th Baronet (25 November 1751 – 10 April 1818) was an English clergyman, rector of Bury, Lancashire. Education Clerke, of North Weston, Thame and an old Buckinghamshire family, was born 25 November 1751. He was educ ...

(1751–1818), English clergyman

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* .38/.45 Clerke, a wildcat semi-automatic pistol cartridge *

Clerke (crater) Clerke is a tiny lunar impact crater named after Irish astronomer Agnes Mary Clerke, who played a role in bringing astronomy and astrophysics to the public in Victorian England. It is located near the eastern edge of Mare Serenitatis in the mid ...

, a lunar crater named after Agnes Mary Clerke *

Clerke Rocks The Clerke Rocks are a group of small rocky islands some southeast of South Georgia that extend from east to west. The Clerke Rocks include The Office Boys () at the northeastern end and Nobby (Spanish: ''Islote Llamativo'' or ''Roca Notable ...

, a group of small rocky islands in the South Atlantic, named after Charles Clerke * ''

Clerke v. Harwood ''Clerke v. Harwood'', 3 U.S. (3 Dall.) 342 (1797), was a United States Supreme Court case that followed the court's decision in ''Ware v. Hylton'', concerning debts owed to British subjects. In the Ware case, the Supreme Court had reversed a dec ...

'' (1797), a United States Supreme Court case concerning debts owed to British subjects

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