Michael Lok (or Locke; c. 1532 – c. 1621) was an English merchant and traveller, and the principal backer of Sir Martin Frobisher's voyages in search...
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Look up lok or Lok in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lok or LOK may refer to: Lok, Serbia, a village Lok, Levice District, Slovakia, a village Lok, Pakistan...
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speculative ventures almost bankrupted Lok. "Loks Land". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Michael Lok DEW Line stations v t e v t e...
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John Lok was the son of Sir William Lok, the great-great-great-grandfather of the philosopher John Locke (1632–1704). In 1554 he was captain of a trading...
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Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Bombay South Central Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 48 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies...
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John Locke (1632–1704). William Lok was the second son of Thomas Lok, a London mercer, and the grandson of John Lok, also a mercer, who was Sheriff of...
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his home in Kefallonia, but was in 1596 convinced by an Englishman, Michael Lok (also spelled as Locke in English and French documents from the period)...
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Between 1952 and 2020, two seats were reserved in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, for members of the Anglo-Indian community...
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Dirty Sanchez crew Michael K. Locke (1952–2014), American politician Michael Lok (c.1532–c.1621), English merchant and traveller Michael Laucke (born 1947)...
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expedition. With the help of the company's director, Michael Lok (whose well-connected father William Lok had held an exclusive mercers' licence to provide...
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like the voyage of Gaspar Corte-Real. On an English map from 1582 by Michael Lok there is a country to the north-west of Greenland, on which is written:...
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Frobisher expeditions, Michael Lok. Another was Henry Lok, father of the poet Henry Lok. Among her sisters were Elizabeth Lok (1535–c. 1581), who married...
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wife Anne Vaughan, the poet. Michael Lok the traveller was the poet's uncle, and Sir William Lok was his grandfather; Michael Cosworth was his cousin. According...
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North Goa Lok Sabha constituency (formerly, Panaji Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the two Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Goa state in western...
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Wat Lok Moli (Thai: วัดโลกโมฬี, sometimes also seen written as Wat Lok Molee) is a Buddhist temple (Thai: Wat) in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand. The temple...
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After his father's death, his mother married, as her second husband, Michael Lok. He was possibly educated at Winchester College and matriculated at Magdalen...
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Kong action film directed by Chin Ka-lok, who also stars in the film alongside Ekin Cheng, Jordan Chan, Michael Tse and Jerry Lamb, reuniting the cast...
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2014 Indian general election (redirect from 2014 lok sabha election)
nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections...
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contentions won support and money was raised, chiefly by the London merchant Michael Lok, for an expedition. Martin Frobisher was appointed captain and left England...
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Tirunelveli Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in South India. Its Parliamentary...
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Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament) constituencies in the South Indian state of Karnataka...
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Alice Lok Cahana (February 7, 1929 – November 28, 2017) was a Hungarian Holocaust survivor. Lok Cahana was a teenage inmate in the Auschwitz-Birkenau...
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It follows the story of Chan Lok-kwan, a troubled youth who accidentally enters the notorious Kowloon Walled City. Lok-kwan, a refugee from the mainland...
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Shiv Sena (2022–present) (section Lok Sabha elections)
Balasahebanchi Shiv Sena won 170 seats. The first major contest occurred in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, where the party rechristened as the Shiv Sena after being...
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the 2024 PDC World Darts Championship, losing in the first round to Man Lok Leung 2–3. On the Pro Tour, van Veen played at the 2024 PDC Players Championship...
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At Hakluyt's recommendation, the work was translated into English by Michael Lok and published as Petrus Martyr Anglerius (1612). De Nouo Orbe, or The...
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of Margery Lok's involvement in the voluminous depositions and letters of Michael Lok himself. Irrespective of whether the story of Lok's wife's actions...
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Upadhyaya, who was appointed General Secretary. The Jana Sangh won only three Lok Sabha seats in the first general elections in 1952. It maintained a minor...
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installment of the Flying Tiger franchise. Produced by Viriginia Lok, the series stars Michael Miu, Bosco Wong, Ron Ng, Cheung Siu-fai, Joe Ma, Moses Chan...
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Anne Locke (redirect from Anne Lok)
Anne Locke (Lock, Lok) (c.1533 – after 1590) was an English poet, translator and Calvinist religious figure. She has been called the first English author...
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