• William Gifford Cookesley (1 December 1802 – 16 August 1880) was an English classical scholar and cleric. He was born at Brasted in Kent, and was educated...
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  • Cookesley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Margaret Murray Cookesley (1844–1927), British artist William Cookesley (1802–1880), British...
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    Improvement of Medical Knowledge: 427–31. 1742. Selley, Peter (2016). "William Cookesley, William Hunter and the first patient to survive removal of the appendix...
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  • The first successful appendectomy is performed by English surgeon William Cookesley. Laura Bassi becomes the first official female university teacher...
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    The first successful appendectomy is performed by English surgeon William Cookesley. September 30 – The village of Barnwell, Cambridgeshire, England,...
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    nineteenth century a group of mostly Irish students studied with the Rev. William Cookesley Thompson at the house. Around the start of the twentieth century it...
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  • The Age of Voltaire. Simon & Schuster. Selley, Peter (2016). "William Cookesley, William Hunter and the first patient to survive removal of the appendix...
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    poetical efforts came to the attention of an Ashburton surgeon, William Cookesley. Cookesley raised a subscription to have the boy's apprenticeship bought...
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  • Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1986), pp. 124-5. ISBN 0-374-11820-5 Lubenow, William C. (29 October 1998). The Cambridge Apostles, 1820-1914: Liberalism, Imagination...
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  • (1857–1860) : C. R. Cooke Fraser Cooke (1994) : F. J. Cooke William Cookesley (1822–1827) : W. G. Cookesley Indrajit Coomaraswamy (1971–1972) : I. Coomaraswamy...
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  • Cricket in Norfolk, pp.41–42. Norwich: Hounsome. William Buller, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2022-01-10. William Buller, CricInfo. Retrieved 2022-01-10. Carlaw...
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  • alongside John Willes and it may be that it was William Willes, John's brother, who played in the match. William is identified by the 1907 History of Kent County...
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  • September – the first successful appendectomy is performed by surgeon William Cookesley. 30 September – the village of Barnwell, Cambridgeshire, is "burned...
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    fireships of Captain Lord Cochrane's attack on 11 April, with Lieutenant John Cookesley injured and Master's mate John Conyers killed. Gibraltar was part of Gambier's...
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    However, an Isabella Elizabeth Elley, daughter of the Reverend William Gifford Cookesley, of Eton College, was to receive a legacy of £300. The main beneficiary...
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  • included William Hodge Mill, Thomas Robinson, W. Burckhardt Barker, Benjamin Hall Kennedy, Richard Shilleto, Rowland Williams, W. Gifford Cookesley, Morris...
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    transferred to Commander James Murray, and then in May 1810 Commander John Cookesley replaced Murray. In December 1810 Commander Humphrey Fleming Senhouse...
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    the central building of the later Seminary, was erected in about 1702 by William Draper, on land which he had inherited in 1700 from his aunt, Dame Sarah...
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    their anchors, and drifted onto the shore. Gibraltar's Lieutenant John Cookesley, who commanded one of the fireships, and Master's mate John Conyer were...
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    very vision of splendour to youthful eyes. The postillion was always a Cookesley, a family which had hereditary claims to be part of the household. Every...
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    Eton, where, aged fifteen, he wrote a farce, Guy Fawkes Day, played at Cookesley's house, and subsequently at the Theatre Royal, Worthing. While at Eton...
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    1810, Hazard sailed for Newfoundland. Command passed to Commander John Cookesley in December 1810. On 23 March 1811 Hazard again sailed for Newfoundland...
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