Wilkes and a friend started publishing the National Police Gazette, a newspaper on crime reporting and other sensationalistic topics. In 1856 Wilkes bought...

John Wilkes was the third child of distiller Israel Wilkes Jr. and Sarah Wilkes, née Heaton. His siblings included: eldest sister Sarah Wilkes, born...

George Wilkes Unett (1772–1825) was a British Royal Artillery officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Unett was the fourth son of the Rev. Thomas Unett...

Wilkes Booth was born in a four-room log house on May 10, 1838, the ninth of ten children. He was named after English radical politician John Wilkes,...

one continuous city, so while the city of Wilkes-Barre itself is a mid-sized city, the larger Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Urban Area contains half a million...

County, North Carolina Wilkes Basin, George V Land, Antarctica Wilkes Station, Antarctica, a research station Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery...

One of George Wilkes's less distinguished sons was Patchen Wilkes, who barely met the standard with a best time of 2:291⁄4. Patchen Wilkes's only important...

George Ashley Wilkes is a fictional character in Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and the 1939 film of the same name. The character also...

footballer Fred Wilkes (1883–1942), English professional footballer George Wilkes (1817–1885), American journalist and newspaper editor Glenn Wilkes Sr. (1928–2020)...

Wilkes University is a private university in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. It has over 2,200 undergraduates and over 2,200 graduate students (both full...