Holbrook
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Australia- Holbrook, New South WalesHolbrook, New South WalesHolbrook is a small town in Southern New South Wales, Australia. It is on the Hume Highway, 356 km North-East of Melbourne and 491 km south-west of Sydney between Tarcutta and Albury. The town is in the Greater Hume Shire Council area which was established in May 2004 from the merger of...
England
- Holbrook, DerbyshireHolbrook, DerbyshireHolbrook is a village in Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines around five miles north of Derby, England.-History:Holbrook lies about two miles to the north-east of Duffield, the parish of which it was a part, being within Duffield Frith. When the latter was seized by King Henry III...
- Holbrook, Somerset
- Holbrook, South Yorkshire
- Holbrook, SuffolkHolbrook, SuffolkHolbrook is a village situated close to the northern shore of the Stour estuary in Suffolk, England. It is located on the Shotley peninsula in Babergh district, around 8⅓ km south of Ipswich....
- Holbrook, HorshamHorshamHorsham is a market town with a population of 55,657 on the upper reaches of the River Arun in the centre of the Weald, West Sussex, in the historic County of Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester...
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United States
- Holbrook, ArizonaHolbrook, Arizona-Historical events:*During 1881 & 1882, railroad tracks were laid down and a railroad station was built. The community was then named Holbrook after the first engineer of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad...
- Holbrook, IdahoHolbrook, IdahoHolbrook is an unincorporated community in western Oneida County, Idaho, United States. Holbrook was settled in the late 1890s by residents of Mendon, Utah and surrounding areas who were drawn to the area due to the availability of land to homestead...
- Holbrook, MassachusettsHolbrook, MassachusettsHolbrook is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. At the 2010 census, the town population was 10,791.- History :Before European settlement, the area now known as Holbrook, Massachusetts, like all of New England, had long been inhabited by Algonquian-speaking peoples.Holbrook was...
- Holbrook, NebraskaHolbrook, NebraskaHolbrook is a village in Furnas County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 225 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Holbrook is located at ....
- Holbrook, New YorkHolbrook, New YorkHolbrook is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 27,512 at the 2000 Census.-Geography:Holbrook is located at ....
- Holbrook, Pennsylvania
People
- Anna Kathryn HolbrookAnna Kathryn HolbrookAnna Kathryn Holbrook is an American soap opera actress, best known for her role as Sharlene Frame Hudson on Another World, a role she played originally from 1988 to 1991...
, American soap opera actress - Bill HolbrookBill HolbrookBill Holbrook is an American comic strip & webcomic writer and artist. Born in Los Angeles in 1958, Holbrook grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, and began drawing at an early age....
, American comic strip artist - David HolbrookDavid HolbrookDavid Kenneth Holbrook was a British writer, poet and academic. From 1989 he was an Emeritus Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge.-Life:...
, British writer - Elizabeth Bradford HolbrookElizabeth Bradford HolbrookElizabeth Bradford Holbrook, CM, O.Ont was a Canadian portrait sculptor, medal designer and liturgical artist...
, Canadian portrait sculptor - Frank Kinney Holbrook, American athlete
- Hal HolbrookHal HolbrookHarold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook, Jr. is an American actor. His television roles include Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 TV series Lincoln, Hays Stowe on The Bold Ones: The Senator and Capt. Lloyd Bucher on Pueblo. He is also known for his role in the 2007 film Into the Wild, for which he was nominated for...
, American actor - John Edwards HolbrookJohn Edwards HolbrookJohn Edwards Holbrook American zoologist, herpetologist, physician, and naturalist, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, the son of Silas Holbrook, a teacher, and Mary Edwards....
, (1794-1871), American zoologist, herpetologist, physician, and naturalist - Leonard HolbrookLeonard HolbrookRear Admiral Leonard Stanley Holbrook MVO, was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Commodore Commanding His Majesty's Australian Squadron between 29 May 1931 and 7 April 1932.-Biography:...
, rear admiral in the British Royal Navy, brother of Norman Douglas Holbrook - Josiah HolbrookJosiah HolbrookJosiah Holbrook was the founder of the Lyceum movement in the United States. He spent most of his life promoting the movement and manufacturing scientific tools for use in lyceums.-References:* *...
, founder of the Lyceum movement in the United States - Karen HolbrookKaren HolbrookKaren A. Holbrook was the 13th presiding president of The Ohio State University. She took office on October 1, 2002, replacing Interim President Edward H. Jennings. Holbrook earned her B.S. and M.S. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in zoology. After teaching biology at Ripon College, she...
, university president - Lucius Roy HolbrookLucius Roy HolbrookLucius Roy Holbrook was a Major General who commanded of the United States Army's Philippine Department from 1936 to 1938....
, American major general - Norman Douglas HolbrookNorman Douglas HolbrookCommander Norman Douglas Holbrook VC was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...
, British Royal Navy commander and recipient of the Victoria Cross, brother of Leonard Holbrook - Rick HolbrookRick HolbrookRick Holbrook was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States.-Weightlifting achievements:*Olympic Games team member *Senior National Champion -External links:*...
, U.S. Olympic weightlifter - Stewart HolbrookStewart HolbrookStewart Hall Holbrook was an American lumberjack, writer, and popular historian. His writings focused on what he called the "Far Corner": Washington, Oregon, and Idaho...
, American writer