Clerke may refer to:

People

* Agnes Mary Clerke (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 D ...

(1857–1944), English footballer * Ellen Mary Clerke (1840–1906), Irish poet, linguist and journalist * Francis Clerke (disambiguation) * John Clerke (disambiguation) *

Clerke baronets There have been three baronetcies created for members of the Clerke family. One creation is extant as of 2008. The Clerke Baronetcy, of Hitcham in the County of Buckingham, was created in the Baronetage of England on 13 July 1660 for John Clerk ...

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

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