William Cooke
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- Sir William Cooke (of Highnam)William Cooke (of Highnam)Sir William Cooke was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1597 and 1614....
(1572-1619), English Member of Parliament - William Fothergill CookeWilliam Fothergill CookeSir William Fothergill Cooke was, with Charles Wheatstone, the co-inventor of the Cooke-Wheatstone electrical telegraph, which was patented in May 1837...
(1806–1879), English inventor - William Ernest CookeWilliam Ernest CookeWilliam Ernest Cooke , generally referred to as "W. Ernest Cooke" or informally "Ernest Cooke", was an Australian astronomer, credited with a number of important scientific breakthroughs and improved methodologies in astronomical observations and star cataloguing...
(1863–1947), Australian astronomer - William Cooke (Methodist) (1806-1884), New Connexion Methodist
- William W. CookeWilliam W. CookeWilliam Winer Cooke was a military officer in the United States Army during the American Civil War and the Black Hills War. He was the adjutant for George Armstrong Custer and was killed during the Battle of the Little Bighorn.-Overview:Cooke was born in Mount Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario, to...
(1846–1876), US officer killed at the Battle of Little Bighorn - Andrew Crooke and William CookeAndrew Crooke and William CookeAndrew Crooke and William Cooke were London publishers of the mid-17th-century. In partnership and individually, they issued significant texts of English Renaissance drama, most notably of the plays of James Shirley....
, English publishers (William Cooke died 1641) - Sir William Bryan Cooke, 8th Baronet (1782-1851)
- Sir William Ridley Charles Cooke, 9th Baronet (1827-1894)
- Sir William Henry Charles Wemyss Cooke, 10th Baronet (1872-1964)
- William Cooke (died 1703), MP for GloucesterGloucester (UK Parliament constituency)Gloucester is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was established in 1295 to return two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons but in 1885 representation was reduced to one member under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885...
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- 3894 Williamcooke3894 Williamcooke3894 Williamcooke is a main-belt asteroid discovered on August 14, 1980 by P. Jekabsons and M. P. Candy at the Perth Observatory and named in honour of Australian astronomer William Ernest Cooke.- External links :*...
- Asteroid named after William Ernest CookeWilliam Ernest CookeWilliam Ernest Cooke , generally referred to as "W. Ernest Cooke" or informally "Ernest Cooke", was an Australian astronomer, credited with a number of important scientific breakthroughs and improved methodologies in astronomical observations and star cataloguing...