Wilkes and a friend started publishing the National Police Gazette, a newspaper on crime reporting and other sensationalistic topics. In 1856 Wilkes bought...
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John Wilkes was the third child of distiller Israel Wilkes Jr. and Sarah Wilkes, née Heaton. His siblings included: eldest sister Sarah Wilkes, born...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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County, North Carolina Wilkes Basin, George V Land, Antarctica Wilkes Station, Antarctica, a research station Battery Wilkes, a historic artillery battery...
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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...
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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...
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footballer Fred Wilkes (1883–1942), English professional footballer George Wilkes (1817–1885), American journalist and newspaper editor Glenn Wilkes Sr. (1928–2020)...
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author of The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth (1907). In this 309-page book, Bates claimed that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. president...
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