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Clarke
Clarke is a surname which means "clerk". The surname is of English and Irish origin and comes from the Latin . Variants include Clerk and Clark. Clarke is also uncommonly chosen as a given name. Irish surname origin Clarke is a common surname in Ireland. The Irish version of the surname is believed to have come from County Galway and County Antrim and spread to County Donegal and County Dublin. The name is derived from the Irish Gaelic sept , meaning "clerk". English surname origin Clarke, as well as Clark, is also a widespread surname in England. The English version is of Anglo-Saxon origin and was used in the Middle Ages for the name of a scribe or secretary. The word "clerc", which came from the pre-7th century Old English (meaning priest), originally denoted a member of a religious order, but later became widespread. In the Middle Ages, virtually the only people who could read and write were members of religious orders, linking the word with literacy. Thus the surname be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Ross Clarke
Alexander Ross Clarke Royal Society of London, FRS FRSE (1828–1914) was a British geodesist, primarily remembered for his calculation of the Principal Triangulation of Britain (1858), the calculation of the Figure of the Earth (1858, 1860, 1866, 1880) and one of the most important text books of Geodesy (1880). He was a military officer of the Royal Engineers employed on the Ordnance Survey, attaining the rank of colonel. Biographical details Sources The basic sources of material on Clarke are the two articles by Charles Close, one of the Directors of the Ordnance Survey. The first was an article for the Royal Engineers Journal and the second, a revised and expanded version, appeared in the Empire Survey Review. Although Close was almost thirty years younger than Clarke, and joined the Ordnance Survey only after Clarke's retirement, they knew each other well and they collaborated on the article ''Map'' for the eleventh edition of #Encyclopedia articles, Encyclopædia Britan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke (176226 August 1832) was an Irish writer and biblical scholar. As a writer and biblical scholar, he published an influential Bible commentary among other works. Additionally, he was a Methodist theologian who served three times as President of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference (British: 1806–07, 1814–15 and 1822–23), and of the Irish Conference (1811, 1812, 1816, 1822). Biography Early life and education Clarke was born in 1760 or 1762, in the townland of Moybeg Kirley near Tobermore in County Londonderry. His father, an Anglican, was a village schoolmaster and farmer; his mother was a Presbyterian. His childhood consisted of a series of life-threatening mishaps. After receiving a very limited education he was apprenticed to a linen manufacturer, but, finding the employment uncongenial, he resumed school-life at the institution founded by Wesley at Kingswood. In 1778, at the age of fourteen, Rev. John Wesley invited him to become a pupil in the Methodist s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Clarke
Alan John Clarke (28 October 1935 – 24 July 1990) was an English television and film director, producer and writer. Life and career Clarke was born on 28 October 1935, in Wallasey. Most of Clarke's output was for television rather than cinema, including work for the famous play strands ''The Wednesday Play'' and ''Play for Today''. His subject matter tended towards social realism, with deprived or oppressed communities as a frequent setting. As Dave Rolinson's book details, between 1962 and 1966 Clarke directed several plays at The Questors Theatre in Ealing, London. Between 1967 and 1969, he directed various ITV productions including plays by Alun Owen (''Shelter'', ''George's Room'', ''Stella'', ''Thief'', ''Gareth''), Edna O'Brien (''Which of These Two Ladies Is He Married To?'' and ''Nothing's Ever Over'') and Roy Minton (''The Gentleman Caller'', '' Goodnight Albert'', '' Stand By Your Screen''). He also worked on the series '' The Informer'', ''The Gold Robbers'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Clarke (footballer)
Allan John Clarke (born 31 July 1946), nicknamed "Sniffer", is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Walsall, Fulham, Leicester City, Leeds United and Barnsley, and won 19 international caps for England. Career Early career Clarke was born in Short Heath, Willenhall, Staffordshire. He is the third of seven children. Clarke joined Walsall in 1961 as an apprentice, playing his debut for the Saddlers in October 1963, against Reading. Whilst at the club he scored 46 goals in 82 appearances. He was transferred to Fulham in March 1966 for a fee of £35,000. Such was his early promise that Leicester City paid £150,000 for Clarke in 1968, a then British football transfer fee record. Frank Large moved to Fulham from Leicester as part of the deal. Clarke spent just one season at Leicester City, in which he scored the winning goal in the semi-final of the 1969 FA Cup, knocking out the team he had supported as a boy – West Bromwich Albion. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashley Clarke
Sir Henry Ashley Clarke (26 June 1903 – 20 January 1994) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Italy. Later he was chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund. Early life Henry Ashley Clarke was a son of Henry Hugh Rose Clarke (a son of Col. Henry Stephenson Clarke) and the former Rachel Hill Duncan (a daughter of John H. H. Duncan). He was educated at Repton School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Career Clarke joined the Diplomatic Service in 1925. He served at Budapest, Warsaw, Constantinople, Geneva (for the General Disarmament Conference) and Tokyo. He was Minister at Lisbon 1944–46 and at Paris 1946–49 under the ambassadors Duff Cooper and Sir Oliver Harvey. From 1949 to 1953 he served at the Foreign Office as assistant Under-Secretary, then deputy Under-Secretary. He was officially present at the funeral of King George VI at Windsor in February 1952. In 1953, he received his last appointment as Ambassador to Italy where he remained for nine years, an un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clarke (given Name)
Clarke is a given name that is a transferred use of the surname Clarke. It has been in use as a given name since the 1600s. Usage of the name Clark and its spelling variant Clarke have been influenced by well-known figures such as Clark Gable Usage for girls was influenced by the characters Clarke Betancourt, a character in the 1990 film ''Mo' Better Blues'' and later by Clarke Griffin, a character in the television series '' The 100'', which premiered in 2014. People * Clarke Abel (1826), British surgeon and naturalist * Clarke W. Brown (died 1956), American politician * Clarke Carlisle (born 1979), English footballer * Clarke Dermody (born 1980), New Zealand rugby union footballer * Clarke Fraser (1920–2014), Canadian medical geneticist * Clarke Hinkle (1909–1988), American National Football League player * Clarke Hogan (born 1969), American politician * Clarke Howard Johnson (1851–1930), justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court * Clarke Lewis (1840–1896), United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Clarke (other)
Anthony or Tony Clarke may refer to: * Tony Clarke (British politician) (born 1963), English Labour Party politician, MP for Northampton South from 1997 to 2005 * Anthony Clarke (judoka) (born 1961), Australian athlete * Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Stone-cum-Ebony (born 1943), English judge * Tony Clarke (singer) (1940–1971), American soul singer * Tony Clarke (record producer) (1941–2010), English music producer * Tony Clarke (sport shooter) (born 1959), New Zealand sports shooter * Tony Clarke, Baron Clarke of Hampstead (born 1932), British trade unionist and Labour peer * Anthony Clarke (businessman) (born 1953), British chartered accountant and businessman * Anthony Clarke (bookseller), British army officer, bookseller and poet * Anthony John Clarke, Irish-born singer-songwriter * Anthony J. Clarke, British academic and Baptist minister * Anto Clarke (1944–2019), Irish judoka * Tony Clarke (speedway rider) (1940–2014), English speedway rider See also * Anthony Clark (di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Clarke (other)
Alfred Clarke may refer to: * Alf Clarke (1926–1971), English footballer and manager * Alfred Clarke (Australian cricketer) (1868–1940), Australian cricketer * Alfred Clarke (Nottinghamshire cricketer) (1831–1878), English cricketer * Alfred Clarke (Surrey cricketer) (1865–1935), English cricketer * Alfred Clarke (1848–1925), English mycologist * Alfie Clarke (1914–1953), Welsh footballer * Alfred E. Clarke Mansion, a Victorian house in San Francisco, California * Alfred Henry Clarke (1860–1942), Canadian politician * Alfred Rutter Clarke (1867–1932), Australian stockbroker and investor See also * Alfie Clarke (other) {{hndis, Clarke, Alfred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Clarke (other)
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Ann or Anne Clarke may refer to: * Ann Clarke (artist) (born 1944), Canadian artist * Ann Clarke (immunologist), co-founder in 2004 of the Frozen Ark project * Anne Clarke (theatre producer) (born 1961), Irish theatre producer * Anne Clarke (theatre manager) (1806–?), Australian stage actor, singer and theatre manager * Nancy Clarke (entrepreneur) (died 1811/12), Barbadian hotelier and free woman of colour * Anne Clarke (archaeologist), Australian archaeologist * Ann M. Clarke (1928–2015), developmental psychologist * Anne Clarke, American-born British politician from London See also * Anne Clark (other) Ann, Anne or Annie Clark may refer to: * Annie Clark (physician) (1844–1925), Scottish medical doctor * Ann Nolan Clark (1896–1995), American writer * Anne Clark (netball) (1903–1983), Australian sportswoman * Anne Clark Martindell (1914–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Clarke
Adele Elizabeth Clarke (April 1, 1945 – January 19, 2024) was an American sociologist and women's health scholar. Clarke was considered a distinguished scholar and leader in the field of Science, Technology, and Medicine Studies (ST&MS). She made significant contributions to sociology, history of medicine and feminist reproductive studies. Career She received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College in 1966 and a master's degree in sociology from New York University in 1970. She studied dance with Deborah Hay and danced in some performances of Yvonne Rainer. In 1970, Clarke moved to California teaching women's studies at College of the Redwoods and Sonoma State University. In 1985, she achieved a doctorate in sociology in 1985 from the University of California, San Francisco. Between 1987 and 1989 she held a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. Clarke was an early supporter of initiatives to decolonise social studies In many countries' curricula, social studies is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ó Cléirigh
O'Cleary or O'Clery () is the surname of a Gaelic Irish family. It is one of the oldest recorded surnames in Europe It is related to Cleary (surname) and often Anglicized as Clark. Naming conventions The name has been Anglicised variously as O'Clery, Cleary, Clery, Clark, Clarke and Clarkson. People with the surname Ó Cléirigh * Mac Comhaltan Ua Cleirigh, King of Uà Fiachrach Aidhne, fl. 964 * Lughaidh Ó Cléirigh (fl. 1595–1630) * MÃcheál Ó Cléirigh (ca. 1590–1643), considered the chief author of the chronicle of medieval Irish history known as the ''Annals of the Four Masters'' * Cú ChoigcrÃche Ó Cléirigh (died 1664) O'Clery * Keyes O'Clery * Conor O'Clery Cleary * Bernard Cleary (1937–2020), Canadian politician *Beverly Cleary Beverly or Beverley may refer to: Places Australia * Beverley, South Australia, a suburb of Adelaide * Beverley, Western Australia, a town * Shire of Beverley, Western Australia Canada * Beverly, Alberta, a town that amalg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arianna Clarke
Arianna Clarke (born 6 April 1999) is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's. Early life Clarke was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. At the age of 13, she moved to the Gold Coast where she attended Robina State High School and played football for the Broadbeach Cats. She later switched to play for Coolangatta Tweed Heads in the AFL Queensland Women's League and was drafted by the Brisbane Lions with pick 15 in the 2017 AFL Women's draft. AFLW career Clarke was recruited by Brisbane with the number 15 pick in the 2017 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the Lions' round 1 game against Adelaide Adelaide ( , ; ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital and most populous city of South Australia, as well as the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. The name "Adelaide" may refer to ei ... at Norwood Oval on 3 February 2018. In August 2020, Clarke announced h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
