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Wilkes

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Wilkes  (wlks), Charles 1798-1877.
American naval officer and explorer of Antarctica and the Pacific coast of North America. Wilkes Land was named after him.
Wilkes, John 1727-1797.
British political reformer noted for his published attacks on George III and for his support of the rights of American colonists.
Wilkes, Maurice Born 1913.
British mathematician who made significant developments to computer storage and memory and who devised the first computing service (1949).
Wilkes [wɪlks]
n
1. (Biographies / Wilkes, Charles (1798-1877) M, US, TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: explorer) Charles. 1798-1877, US explorer of Antarctica
2. (Biographies / Wilkes, John (1727-1797) M, English, POLITICS: politician) John. 1727-97, English politician, who was expelled from the House of Commons and outlawed for writing scurrilous articles about the government. He became a champion of parliamentary reform
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Noun1.Wilkes - English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)Wilkes - English reformer who published attacks on George III and supported the rights of the American colonists (1727-1797)
John Wilkes
2.Wilkes - United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)Wilkes - United States explorer of Antarctica (1798-1877)
Charles Wilkes
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Buffalo Bill has been ambushed and badly shot this side of Clayton, and Thorndike the scout, too; Bill couldn't travel, but Thorndike could, and he brought the news, and Sergeant Wilkes and six men of Company B are gone, two hours ago, hotfoot, to get Bill.
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All of these lived at the Great House Farm, and enjoyed the luxury of whipping the servants when they pleased, from old Barney down to William Wilkes, the coach-driver.
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They were by sheer preoccupation with that a peaceful people, more particularly after Wilkes, the house agent, driven by some obsolete dream of acquisition, had been drowned in the pool by the ruined gas-works for making inquiries into title and displaying a litigious turn of mind.
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