Pocock

Pocock

Pocock is a surname, and may refer to

* Blair Pocock, New Zealand cricketer
* Cyrena Sue Pocock, American operatic contralto Cyrena van Gordon
* David Pocock, British Air Marshal
* George Pocock, 18th Century British Admiral
* H. R. S. Pocock, British businessman and author
* John Pocock, British historian
* Lena Margaret Pocock, British actress Lena Ashwell
* Lexden Lewis Pocock, British watercolourist
* Mary Agard Pocock, South African botanist
* Nancy Meek Pocock, Canadian activist
* Nicholas Pocock, British artist
* Pat Pocock, English cricketer
* Philip Pocock, Canadian artist
* Reginald Innes Pocock, British zoologist
* Stan Pocock, U.S. rowing shells designer
* Tom Pocock, English naval historian
* Stuart J.A. Pocock, Art Dealer in Fort Lauderdale, FL

ee also

* Pocock Rowing, U.S. West coast rowing shells manufacturer
* Pococke


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  • Pocock — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: George Pocock (1706–1792), britischer Admiral George Pocock (Erfinder) (1774–1843), britischer Lehrer und Erfinder des Charvolant John Greville Agard Pocock (* 1924), neuseeländischer Historiker Nicholas… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Pocock — Po cock, n. Peacock. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pocock — (spr. pōkock), 1) Edward, berühmter engl. Orientalist und Theolog, geb. 8. Nov. 1604 zu Chivaly in Berkshire, gest. 12. Sept. 1691 in Oxford, studierte daselbst orientalische Sprachen, weilte von 1630–36 in Aleppo, erhielt 1636 in Oxford eine… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Pocock — Reginald Innes Pocock Reginald Innes Pocock est un zoologiste britannique, né le 4 mars 1863 à Clifton (près de Bristol) et mort le 9 août 1947 à Londres. Il fait ses études à Clifton puis à l école Saint Edward d Oxford et à l University College …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pocock Rowing — is a Seattle, Washington based racing shells manufacturer, founded in 1911. The company traces its roots to George Pocock, son of the head boat builder for Eton College at Windsor. Using funds obtained by winning a race on the River Thames,… …   Wikipedia

  • Pocock, Reginald Innes — ▪ English zoologist born March 4, 1863, Clifton, Gloucestershire died Aug. 9, 1947, London       zoologist, one of the first mammalogists (mammalogy) to use external features, such as feet and ears, in the classification of higher animals.… …   Universalium

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  • Pocock — This interesting surname is of Anglo Saxon origin, and derives from the early medieval English pecoc or pecok , itself coming from the Olde English pre 7th Century peacocc , meaning peacock and originally given as a personal nickname to one who… …   Surnames reference

  • Nicholas Pocock — Pocock s bird s eye view painting of the Battle of Copenhagen (1801) Nicholas Pocock (2 March 1740 – 9 March 1821) was a British artist best known for his many detailed paintings of naval battles during the age of sail. Pocock was born in Bristol …   Wikipedia

  • Nicholas Pocock — Bataille de Copenhague Nicholas Pocock (né le 2 mars 1740 décédé le 9 mars 1821) est un peintre anglais connu pour ses nombreuses représentations de batailles navales. Il a également produit maintes aquar …   Wikipédia en Français

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