Brookes
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Brookes is a surname
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Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
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- Bruno BrookesBruno BrookesBruno Brookes is a British radio presenter who became prominent in the 1980s.-Early life and career:...
, British broadcaster - Dennis BrookesDennis BrookesDennis Brookes was an English cricketer who played for Northamptonshire between 1934 and 1959 . He also played in one Test match for England against West Indies in 1948. Brookes was President of Northamptonshire from 1982 to 1984...
, English cricketer - Ed BrookesEd BrookesEdward A. Brooks , also known as Ed Brooks or Ned Brooks, was an Irish footballer who played as centre-forward or inside-left for, among others, Shelbourne, Bohemians, Stockport County and Athlone Town...
- James Brookes, English bishop
- James H. BrookesJames H. BrookesJames H. Brookes, D. D. , American religious writer, was pastor of Walnut Street Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Missouri.The was named in his honor . Dr. Brookes was a prolific writer, having authored more than 200 booklets and tracts...
, American Presbyterian writer - Joshua BrookesJoshua Brookes'Joshua Brookes was a British anatomist and naturalist.He studied under John Hunter in London. He became a teacher of anatomy in London, and the founder of the Brookesian Museum of Comparative Anatomy.This private museum is described in his 1830 catalogue Museum Brookesianum Embracing an Almost...
, British zoologist - Joshua Brookes (divine)Joshua Brookes (divine)Joshua Brookes , was an English eccentric divine.Brookes was born at Cheadle-Hulme, near Stockport, and baptised on 19 May 1754. His father, a shoemaker, who removed soon after his son's birth to Manchester, was a cripple of violent temper, known by the name of 'Pontius Pilate.' He had, however, a...
(1754–1821), English divine and book collector - Mabel BrookesMabel BrookesDame Mabel Brookes, DBE was an Australian community worker, activist, socialite, writer, memoirist and humanitarian....
, (1890–1975) Australian community worker, socialite and writer - Norman BrookesNorman BrookesBrookes was also an Australian rules footballer in his youth, playing two matches for Victorian Football League club St Kilda Football Club in 1898, kicking two goals.-Honours:Norman Brookes was knighted "in recognition of service to public service" in 1939...
, (1877–1968) Australian tennis player, winner of Wimbledon - Richard Brookes (physician) (fl. 1750), was a physician and author
- Dr. William Penny BrookesWilliam Penny BrookesDr. William Penny Brookes was an English surgeon, magistrate, botanist, and educationalist especially known for his promotion of physical education and personal betterment...
, (1809–1895) English physician, described as "Father of the modern Olympics" - Warwick BrookesWarwick BrookesWarwick Brookes was a British businessman, yachtsman and Conservative Party politician. As his retail and other businesses prospered, he was elected to the House of Commons in 1916, but after an electoral defeat in 1918 he returned to commerce and prospered in amusements catering...
(1875–1935), British businessman, yachtsman and Conservative Party politician
Other references
- Brookes (ship)Brookes (ship)The Brookes print was an image widely used by campaigners for the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade. First designed in Plymouth, UK, in 1788 by the Plymouth Chapter of the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade...
, a slave ship sailing in the 1780s
See also
- Oxford Brookes UniversityOxford Brookes UniversityOxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
- Brooks (surname)Brooks (surname)Brooks is a surname of English origin, that is thought to have been derived from the condition of residing near a stream . The Hundred Rolls, a late thirteenth century census of England and part of Wales, contains many uses of "Broke" and variants "Brock" and "Brok" as a surname...
, BrooksBrooks-Places:Canada*Brooks, AlbertaUnited States*Brooks, Arkansas*Brooks, California*Brooks, Georgia*Brooks, Kentucky*Brooks, Maine*Brooks, Minnesota*Brooks, Oregon*Brooks Township, Michigan... - BrookeBrooke- Places :* Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas* Brooke, Virginia* Brooke * Brooke Bond, a tea company* Brooke, Norfolk, England* Brooke, Rutland, England* Brooke's Point, Palawan, Philippines-People with the surname Brooke:...