John Cooke
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John Cooke may refer to:
- John Cooke (academic)John Cooke (academic)John Cooke D.D. was an English academic administrator at the University of Oxford.Cooke was elected President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1783, a post he held until 1823....
, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University - John Cooke (Australian politician)John Cooke (Australian politician)John Herbert Cooke was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1915 to 1933....
(1867–1943) - John Cooke (cricketer)John Cooke (cricketer)John Cooke was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1874.Cooke was born at Wirksworth and played cricket for Grimsby in 1873. He played one first class game for Derbyshire in the 1874 season in which he kept wicket in a victory against Kent. He was out for a duck in the first...
(1851–1908), English cricketer - John Cooke (entrepreneur)John Cooke (entrepreneur)John Cooke was one of the principals of Cooke Locomotive Works, one of the constituent companies that made up American Locomotive Company in the merger of 1901....
(1824–1882), American locomotive maker - John Cooke (footballer)John Cooke (footballer)Edward John Cooke is an English former football goalkeeper who was a member of non-league Macclesfield Town's all-conquering team of the late 1960s and early 1970s.-Playing career:...
(born 1942), English soccer player - John Cooke (MP) (1649–1726), English Member of Parliament for MidhurstMidhurst (UK Parliament constituency)Midhurst was a parliamentary borough in Sussex, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1311 until 1832, and then one member from 1832 until 1885, when the constituency was abolished...
and Arundel - John Cooke (Six Preacher)John Cooke (Six Preacher)Rev. John Cooke was a post-Restoration Church of England clergyman.He was the son of Thomas Cooke of Bromsgrove, Worcestershire and was educated at Christ Church, Oxford...
(1646/7 – 1726), Anglican clergyman - John Cooke (pirate) (died 1683), English pirate, associate of Edward Davis
- John Cooke (prosecutor) (1608–1660), English Solicitor General, prosecuted King Charles I
- John Cooke (rower)John Cooke (rower)John Cooke is an American competition rower and Olympic champion.He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in eights with the American team.-References:...
(born 1937), American rower at the 1956 Olympics - John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)John Cooke (Royal Navy officer)Captain John Cooke was an experienced and highly regarded officer of the British Royal Navy during the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary Wars and the first years of the Napoleonic Wars. Cooke is best known for his death in hand-to-hand combat with French forces during the...
(1763–1805), British captain killed at the Battle of Trafalgar - John Esten CookeJohn Esten CookeJohn Esten Cooke was an American novelist and poet. He was the brother of poet Philip Pendleton Cooke.-Early life:Born in Winchester, Virginia, he was noted for writing about that state...
(1830–1886), American novelist, Confederate Army officer - John Warren CookeJohn Warren CookeJohn Warren Cooke was an American politician and newspaper publisher. A Democrat, he served in the Virginia House of Delegates 1942–1979 and was its Speaker from 1968 until his retirement....
(born 1915), American politician
See also
- John Cook (disambiguation)
- John CokeJohn CokeSir John Coke was an English politician.Coke, the son of Richard and Mary Coke of Trusley, Derbyshire, was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge...
(1563-1644, pronounced and sometimes spelt Cooke), English politician - John Coke, military leader of the 55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)55th Coke's Rifles (Frontier Force)The 55th Coke's Rifles was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1849 as the 1st Regiment of Punjab Infantry. It was designated as the 55th Coke's Rifles in 1903 and became 1st Battalion 13th Frontier Force Rifles in 1922...