George Cooke
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George Cooke may refer to:
- Sir George Cooke, 3rd Baronet (1662–1732), British MP for AldboroughAldborough (UK Parliament constituency)Aldborough was a parliamentary borough located in the West Riding of Yorkshire, abolished in the Great Reform Act of 1832. Aldborough returned two Members of Parliament from 1558 until 1832....
1698–1700 - George Cooke (Australian politician), Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1930–1933Members of the South Australian House of Assembly, 1930–1933This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1930 to 1933, as elected at the 1930 state election:This is a list of members of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1930 to 1933, as elected at the 1930 state election:...
for Barossa - George Cooke (died 1768), British MP for MiddlesexMiddlesex (UK Parliament constituency)Middlesex is a former United Kingdom Parliamentary constituency. It was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885....
and Tregony - George Cooke (engraver)George Cooke (engraver)George Cooke , was an English line engraver.-Life and work:Cooke was born in London in 1781. His father was a native of Frankfurt, Germany, who in early life settled in England and became a wholesale confectioner. At the age of fourteen, George Cooke was apprenticed to James Basire...
(1781-1834), British - George Cooke (barrister) (1645–1740), subject of a statue by Sir Henry Cheere, 1st BaronetSir Henry Cheere, 1st BaronetSir Henry Cheere, 1st Baronet was a renowned English sculptor and monumental mason of the eighteenth century, and older brother of John Cheere, also a notable sculptor.-Personal life and career:...
- George Cooke (painter)George Cooke (painter)George Cooke was an itinerant United States painter who specialized in portrait and landscape paintings and was one of the South's best known painters of the mid nineteenth century...
(1793–1849), American - George Cooke (soldier), Major-General commanding the British 1st Division at the Battle of WaterlooOrder of battle of the Waterloo CampaignThis is the complete order of battle for the four major battles of the Waterloo Campaign.-French Army Order of Battle:L'Armée du Nord under the command of Emperor Napoleon I.Major Général : Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia....
- George A. CookeGeorge A. CookeGeorge A. Cooke was a member of the Illinois General Assembly 1902-1909 and a judge of the Illinois Supreme Court 1909-1918, serving as chief justice 1913-1914.-Biography:...
(1869-1938), chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court 1913-1914 - George Atwell CookeGeorge Atwell CookeGeorge Atwell Cooke was an Ontario lawyer and political figure. He represented Oxford South in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1884 to 1886 as a Liberal member....
, Ontario lawyer and political figure - George Edwin CookeGeorge Edwin CookeGeorge Edwin Cooke was an American amateur football player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.He was born and died in St. Louis, Missouri....
(1883–1969), American Olympic football (soccer) player - George Frederick CookeGeorge Frederick CookeGeorge Frederick Cooke was an English actor. As famous for his erratic habits as for his acting, he was largely responsible for initiating the romantic style in acting that was later made famous by Edmund Kean.-Career:Although he claimed to have been born in Westminster, it seems likely that he...
(1756?-1812), English actor - George W. CookeGeorge W. CookeGeorge William Cooke CBE FRS was a British chemist. He was the deputy director of Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1962 until 1975. He was Chief Scientific Officer of the Agricultural Research Centre from 1975 until his retirement in 1981. Elected FRS 1969, CBE 1975...
(1916–1992), British chemist - George Wingrove CookeGeorge Wingrove Cooke-Life:Cooke was born in Bristol and studied at Jesus College, Oxford and at the University of London, where he studied law before being called to the bar by Middle Temple in 1835. His first book , was published in 1835...
(1814–1865), British lawyer and historian
See also
- George CokeGeorge CokeGeorge Coke was successively the Bishop of Bristol and Hereford. After the battle of Naseby in 1645, Hereford was taken and Coke was arrested and taken to London. He avoided charges of High Treason in January 1646 and died in Gloucestershire that year.-Biography:Coke was the son of Richard and...
, pronounced and sometimes spelt Cooke, (1575–1645), English bishop - George Cook (disambiguation)