Wilkes
Polar expedition leader
Wilkes is a surname, most notably associated with John Wilkes, the eighteenth-century English radical politician who championed press freedom and became a symbol of liberty in Britain and colonial America.
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, takes part of its name from him.
The name also appears in Wilkes Land, an Antarctic region, and various American place names.
Popular regal name
- AntarcticaSouthernmost continental landmass
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- circumnavigationComplete journey around something
- naval officerRanked military sailor
cartography · Pacific · discovery · coastline · ice shelf · continent · mapping
Common male name
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
- 1865Civil War's conclusion year
Ford's Theatre · Civil War · plot · derringer · fugitive · manhunt · actor · diary
Northeastern founding colony state
- anthraciteHighest-grade coal variety
- coal miningUnderground carbon extraction
- ScrantonCity in northeastern Pennsylvania
- Susquehanna RiverEastern watershed's main artery
Common male name
- radicalRoot-indicating symbol
- LondonEngland's capital city
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
- MiddlesexHistoric English county
free speech · sedition · outlawry · reformer · supporter · American colonies · George III · agitator
Charles
Popular regal name
- AntarcticaSouthernmost continental landmass
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- circumnavigationComplete journey around something
naval officer · cartography · Pacific · discovery · coastline · ice shelf · continent · mapping
John
Common male name
- assassinationMurder of a prominent figure
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- conspiracyClandestine coordinated scheming
1865 · Ford's Theatre · Civil War · plot · derringer · fugitive · manhunt · actor · diary · broken leg
Pennsylvania
Northeastern founding colony state
- anthraciteHighest-grade coal variety
- coal miningUnderground carbon extraction
- ScrantonCity in northeastern Pennsylvania
John
Common male name
Middlesex · free speech · sedition · outlawry · reformer · supporter · American colonies · George III · agitator
family name
Hereditary portion of identity
WilkesAbraham Lincoln
Civil War era leader
Frederick Douglass · Harriet Tubman · Ulysses S. Grant · John Brown · Harriet Beecher Stowe
WilkesKing George III
British ruler, late 1700s
Tory · royalist · authoritarian · conservative · establishment
WilkesKing George III
British ruler, late 1700s
courtier · loyalist · monarchist · sycophant · royal favorite