Parke may refer to:
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Benjamin Parke
Benjamin Parke (September 2, 1777 – July 12, 1835) was an American lawyer, politician, militia officer, businessman, treaty negotiator in the Indiana Territory who also served as a United States federal judge in Indiana after it attained stateho ...
, 19th-century lawyer, soldier and politician in Indiana
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Evan Parke, Jamaican actor
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Henry Parke
Henry Parke (1790–1835) was an English architect and draughtsman.
Life
He was a son of John Parke the oboist, was intended for the bar, and studied under a special pleader; but a speech impediment led him to abandon the law. He studied architect ...
(1790–1835), English architect
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Hervey Parke Hervey is both an English surname and a masculine given name, probably derived from French Hervé. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
*Lord Alfred Hervey (1816–1875), English politician
*Lord Arthur Hervey (1808–1894), English bisho ...
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Parke-Davis partner
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James Parke, 1st Baron Wensleydale, British barrister and judge
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John Parke (disambiguation) John Parke (1827–1900) was Union Army general in the American Civil War.
John Parke may also refer to:
*John Parke (oboist) (1745–1829), English oboist
*John Parke Custis (1754–1781), stepson of George Washington
*John Parke (footballer)
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Maria Frances Parke
Maria Frances Parke (26 August 1772 – 31 July 1822) was an English soprano, pianist and composer of keyboard works.
Parke was born in London. Her father was the oboist John Parke, while her uncle was the oboist and composer William Thomas Parke ...
(1772–1822), English composer
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Walter Parke
Walter Evelyn Parke (27 July 1891 – 13 October 1914) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. Parke served in the Durham Light Infantry, seeing action in France during the opening stages of the First World War. He was ...
(1891–1914), English cricketer and British Army officer
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William Parke (director)
William Parke (1873–1941) was an American film director of the silent era.Munden p.131
Selected filmography
* '' Prudence the Pirate'' (1916)
* '' Other People's Money'' (1916)
* ''The Shine Girl'' (1916)
* '' The Last of the Carnabys'' (1917) ...
(1873–1941), American film director
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William Thomas Parke
William Thomas Parke (15 February 1761 – 26 August 1847) was an English oboist and composer. He played in notable concerts of the day; in retirement he published ''Musical Memoirs''.
Life
Parke began his musical studies in 1770 under his elder ...
(1761–1847), English oboist
Places
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Parke County, Indiana
Parke County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana along the Wabash River. The county was formed in 1821 out of a portion of Vigo County. According to the 2010 census, the population was 17,339, an increase of 0.6% from 17,241 ...
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Parke Township, Clay County, Minnesota
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Parke, Bovey Tracey
Parke is an historic estate in the parish of Bovey Tracey in Devon, England. The present mansion house known as Parke House, a grade II listed building situated 1/2 mile west of the centre of the town of Bovey TraceyPevsner, p.193 and on the opp ...
, an historic estate in Devon
Sport
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Parke-Keelogues-Crimlin, also known as Parke GAA, Gaelic football club in County Mayo, Ireland
See also
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Park (disambiguation)
A park is an area of land with a recreational or other specific purpose.
Park or Parks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Park (Reading ward), an electoral ward of the Borough of Reading, Berkshire, England
* Park (Sefton ward), an el ...
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Parkes (disambiguation) Parkes may refer to:
* Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896), Australian politician, one of the earliest and most prominent advocates for Australian federation
Named for Henry Parkes
* Parkes, New South Wales, a regional town
* Parkes Observatory, a radi ...
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