Stokes equation may refer to the Airy equation the equations of Stokes flow , a linearised form of the Navier Stokes equations in the limit of small Reynolds number Stokes law disambiguation ... more details
Edward Stokes may refer to Edward L. Stokes 1880 1964 , U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Edward C. Stokes 1860 1942 , 32nd Governor of New Jersey, USA Ed Stokes Edward Kobie Stokes , American basketball player hndis Stokes, Edward DEFAULTSORT Stokes, Edward ... more details
Adrian Stokes may refer to Adrian Stokes courtier 1533 1586 , English MP for Leicestershire Adrian Scott Stokes 1854 1935 , British painter Adrian Stokes critic 1902 1972 , British art critic hndis name Stokes, Adrian ... more details
Barry Stokes may refer to Barry Stokes American football born 1973 , American football offensive lineman Barry Stokes actor , British actor Barry Stokes embezzler died 2010 , American business owner convicted of embezzlement hndis Stokes, Barry ... more details
Infobox writer for more information see Template Infobox writer doc name Whitley Stokes image Whitleystokes.jpg imagesize caption Stokes in old age. birth date birth date 1830 2 28 df y birth place Dublin ... Lawyer , Civil Service Civil Servant nationality Ireland Irish Whitley Stokes , Order of the Star ... lawyer and Celtic languages Celtic scholar. Background He was a son of William Stokes physician William Stokes 1804 1878 , and a grandson of Whitley Stokes physician Whitley Stokes 1763 1845 , each ... . His sister Margaret Stokes was a writer and archaeologist. He was born at 5 Merrion Square, Dublin ... celt stokes.html title CELT Whitley Stokes publisher Ucc.ie date accessdate 2012 02 15 ref Through ... scholar John O Donovan and George Petrie artist George Petrie . ref name CELT He entered Trinity College ... of Sanskrit in 1858. It is likely that Stokes learnt both Sanskrit and comparative philology from ... Oxford cite web url http www.oxforddnb.com view article 36315 title Whitley Stokes publisher Oxforddnb.com date accessdate 2012 02 15 ref Career Stokes became an English barrister on 17 November 1855 ... nature. In 1879 he became president of the commission on Indian law. Nine books by Stokes on Celtic ... name Oxford Celtic scholarship Whitley Stokes is perhaps most famous as a Celtic scholar, and in this field ... Windisch , of the Irische Texte series. ref name Oxford Death and reputation Stokes died at his ... Stokes the greatest of the Celtologists and expressed pride that an Irishman should have excelled ... scholar James F. Kenney described Stokes as the greatest scholar in philology that Ireland ... name Oxford A conference entitled Ireland, India, London The Tripartite Life Of Whitley Stokes took ... date accessdate 2012 02 15 ref The event was organised to mark the centenary of Stokes ..., The tripartite life of Whitley Stokes 1830 1909 , will be published by Four Courts Press in autumn ... The tripartite life of Whitley Stokes 1830 1909 by Elizabeth Boyle & Paul Russell, editors publisher ... more details
first C. Litton authorlink Caesar Litton Falkiner contribution Margaret McNair Stokes work Dictionary ... 3 Commonscat Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stokes, Margaret ALTERNATIVE NAMES ... Stokes, Margaret Category 1832 births Category 1900 deaths Category Irish antiquarians Category Members ... more details
Stan Stokes is an American painter known for his aviation art. His work hangs in three Presidential library presidential libraries . Since the mid 1980s NASA has commissioned Stokes to paint 15 works ranging from the Space Shuttles to the SR 71 Blackbird . Stokes has also painted numerous works for Burt Rutan . Stokes s works hang in the United States Air Force Art Program Air Force art collection , the United States Air Force Academy , The Pentagon , the San Diego Air & Space Museum , the Palm Springs Air Museum , the National Museum of Naval Aviation , and the Smithsonian s National Air and Space Museum . His work encompasses portraits, landscapes, aviation and space, ships, cars and his new collection of cat related fine art paintings. Stokes s art has been published in numerous books and periodicals. Stokes is working on a book honoring the Tuskegee Airmen . Works Presidential library works Stokes s 12 foot by 120 foot mural of the History of the Flying White House is on permanent display in the new Air Force One Pavilion of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library . In addition, Stokes s painting of the USS Ronald Reagan CVN 76 6 is hanging in the library s Legacy Room. The George Bush Presidential Library in College Station, Texas , has two paintings by Stokes on permanent display. Both are of the USS George H.W. Bush CVN 77 , our nation s next aircraft carrier. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library contains the future aircraft carrier the USS Gerald R. Ford CVN 78 . The second painting is of the USS Monterey CVL 26 , the carrier on which young Ford served with distinction in WWII. Tuskegee Airmen Art There will be 80 paintings depicting the history of black Americans ... Gallery gallery Image Bush carrier.jpg USS George H.W. Bush Image Ss constitution1.jpg USS Constitution ... Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stokes, Stan ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1950 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stokes, Stan Category ... more details
Loren Stokes born November 12, 1983 is an American professional basketball player. He was a combo guard at Hofstra University from the 2003 04 season to 2006 07. He is 6 3 and weighs 175 lbs. Stokes is one of six players in Hofstra Pride history to score at least 2,000 points, amassing 2,148 points over his four year career. ref cite book title Hofstra 2009 10 Men s Basketball Media Guide publisher Hofstra University year 2009 page 122 url http www.nmnathletics.com fls 22200 pdf 0910HUMBBGuideFinal2.pdf format PDF accessdate 2010 01 28 ref A three time first team Colonial Athletic Association ... Stokes was eligible for the 2007 NBA Draft , he went undrafted. He was offered an invitation to play ... emergi 2.html accessdate 2010 01 28 ref Stokes was playing basketball in Cyprus for APOEL B.C. APOEL .... ref Hofstra 2009 10 Men s Basketball Media Guide, p. 117. ref In early 2011, Stokes signed with the Bay .... Tony Skinn incident In the final minute of a CAA conference tournament game in March 2006, George Mason Patriots men s basketball George Mason player Tony Skinn threw a punch into Stokes groin. ref name punch cite web last Wojciechowski first Gene title Skinn sorry, but Stokes remembers ill fated ... gene&id 2392170 accessdate 2010 01 28 ref Skinn was later suspended for George Mason s first round NCAA Tournament game against Michigan State . ref name punch Later, Skinn was Stokes teammate ... Stokes attended Turner Carroll High School in Buffalo, New York , after his 4 years there, he was prepped during the 2002 2003 season at St. Thomas More. Stokes has an infant son and daughter. References ... Hofstra Pride Loren Stokes Player Card http www.hofstra.edu Athletics MBasketball ath mbb stokesprofile.cfm Hofstra Men s Basketball Loren Stokes Profile Colonial Athletic Association Men s Basketball Player of the Year navbox Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stokes, Loren ALTERNATIVE ... OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stokes, Loren Category 1983 births Category Living people Category ... more details
Stokes Township may refer to the following places In Canada Stokes Township, Kenora District, Ontario geographic historical In the United States Stokes Township, Minnesota disambiguation , several places Stokes Township, Ohio disambiguation , several places See also Stokes disambiguation geodis Category Township name disambiguation pages de Stokes Township ... more details
, Cecil Parker , Harry Fowler , Joan Collins and George Relph . Stokes described a tour through ...Francis Martin Sewell Stokes 16 November 1902 London 2 November 1979 London was an English novelist, biographer ... with his brother, Leslie Stokes , an actor and later in life a BBC radio producer, with whom he shared a flat for many years overlooking the British Museum . It was here that Sewell Stokes ... writers over the years. Life Born in Hampstead , London, Stokes was educated at Cranleigh School ... was substantially modelled on that of Isadora Duncan . Stokes, together with Christine Jope Slade ... Parker , and in 1941 when Stokes co wrote, with Lydia Hayward , the script for the film You Will Remember ... friend. Stokes co wrote a series of plays with his brother, Leslie Stokes Leslie , beginning with Laura ... in German by Jochen Huth, was adapted by Stokes and produced by Margaret Webster at London s Q Theatre in October 1936. Oscar Wilde play Oscar Wilde was the most successful of the Stokes brothers ... after his release from prison. The Stokes brothers continued there collaboration with Out of Sight ... Dear Delinquents , on a similar theme, was published. Stokes was a close friend of the actor Robert ..., lawyers and official receivers in bankruptcy cases. In 1955 Stokes completed the novel, Beyond His Means , based on the life of Oscar Wilde . The film Oscar Wilde film Oscar Wilde , based on the Stokes ... by Ken Hughes, in which Peter Finch played the title role. The title of Stokes s memoir, Rarely Pure ... The Memoirs of a Young Man in Search of Sex . Stokes worked as a screenplay advisor on Tony ... Portrait Panther, London, 1968 Novels cite book last Stokes first Sewell authorlink Sewell Stokes title The Eternal Honeymoon publisher Leonard Parsons, London year 1927 cite book last Stokes first Sewell authorlink Sewell Stokes title Autumn Woman publisher Hutchison & Co., London year 1929 cite book last Stokes first Sewell authorlink Sewell Stokes title Laugh at My Weeping a novel in four ... more details
Frederick Stokes may refer to Frederick Stokes rugby player 1850 1929 , the first captain of the England national rugby union team Sir Frederick Wilfred Scott Stokes , KBE 1860 1927 , inventor and civil engineer Hndis Stokes, Frederick ... more details
Stokes formula can refer to Stokes law for friction force in a viscous fluid. Stokes law sound attenuation law describing attenuation of sound in Newtonian liquids. Stokes theorem on the integration of differential forms. dab ... more details
other uses external links date January 2012 Infobox saint name Gabriel birth date death date feast day ... Anton Raphael Mengs Annunciation.jpg imagesize 215px caption Annunciation by Anton Raphael Mengs Gabriel ... major shrine suppressed date issues In Abrahamic religions , Gabriel Hebrew Name ... , delivering explanations of Daniel s visions. In the Gospel of Luke Gabriel foretold the births of both John the Baptist and of Jesus . Christians of the Catholic traditions refer to him as Gabriel the Archangel . Gabriel is referred to as he in the Bible, and in bibleref Daniel 9 21 9 he is explicitly called The man Gabriel . Some moderns, especially New Age exponents, portray Gabriel as female ... or.html title Archangel Gabriel Representation of a female or androgynous Gabriel publisher Angelgabriel.blogspot.com ... 44 1777 710999 url http www.anewbelief.com Angels gabriel.htm title Archangel Gabriel publisher ... title Archangel Gabriel Folklore and Mythology publisher Bellaonline.com date accessdate 2010 08 16 ref In Latter day Saint theology, Gabriel is believed to have lived a mortal life as the prophet Noah . The two are regarded as the same individual Noah being his mortal name and Gabriel being ... NOAH ref Judaism Gabriel is mentioned in the Book of Daniel, in the Hebrew Bible where he is sent .... Archangel Gabriel. 12th c..jpg thumb right 12th century depiction, Georgian National Museum First, concerning ... man, and my wife well stricken in years. br 19 And the angel answering said unto him, U I am Gabriel ... 1 21 25 9 of her pregnancy, Gabriel is mentioned again BLOCKQUOTE FONT face Verdana Luke 1 26 And in the sixth month U the angel Gabriel U was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, br ... BLOCKQUOTE Gabriel only appears by name in those two passages in Luke. In the first passage the angel identified himself as Gabriel, but in the second it is Luke who identified him as Gabriel. The only other named angel in the New Testament is Michael the archangel in bibleref Jude 1 9 9 . Gabriel ... more details
Frank Stokes may refer to Frank Stokes musician 1888 1955 , American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel Frank Stokes footballer 1881 1945 , English professional footballer Frank Wilbert Stokes 1858 1955 , American sketch artist and painter hndis Stokes, Frank ... more details
Chris Stokes may refer to Chris Stokes record producer born 1966 , American record producer, manager, and film director Chris Stokes bobsleigh born 1963 , Jamaican bobsledder Chris Stokes footballer born 1991 , English footballer hndis Stokes, Chris ... more details
of Truth publisher Shepheard Walwyn Publishers year 2010 isbn 9780856832765 pages 10, 20 ref Stokes ... for his independence in parliament, including, with Bishop George Bell bishop George Bell and fellow ... during World War II . Prior to the war, he co wrote a paper with Andrew MacLaren and George Lansbury ... of Dr George Chatterton Hill in Germany. He was appointed Lord Privy Seal and the new ... who had resigned over this and other issues Stokes died at home in London of a heart attack according ... 23 July p. 12 5 August pp. 1,9 ref His uncle Sir Wilfred Stokes invented the Stokes Mortar in World ... hansard contribs mr richard stokes Richard Stokes http www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk TUstokes.htm Profile ... of Works Minister of Works years 1950&ndash 1951 before Charles Key after George Brown, Baron George Brown George Brown succession box title Lord Privy Seal before Ernest Bevin after Robert Gascoyne ... see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stokes, Richard ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British politician DATE OF BIRTH 1897 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1957 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stokes, Richard ... of the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich Category Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Stokes ... Stokes ... more details
John Stokes may refer to John William Stokes 1910 1995 , Australian administrator John Stokes 1915 1990 , Principal of Queen s College, Hong Kong , buried in Wolvercote Cemetery John Heydon Stokes 1917 2003 , British Conservative MP 1970 1992 Jack Stokes 1923 2000 , Canadian politician, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario See The Bachelors for John Stokes born 1940 , Irish musician John Stokes artist , British comic artist who drew stories like Fishboy John Stokes cinematographer born 1961 , Australian cinematographer, see Hurricane Smith 1992 film John Stokes North Carolina 1756 1790 , North Carolina attorney, politician, and judge John Stokes Medal of Honor 1871 1923 , American Medal of Honor recipient John Stokes Archdeacon of York , president of Queens College, Cambridge to dab from John Stokes Archdeacon of Ely John Lort Stokes 1812 1885 , officer in the Royal Navy hndis name Stokes, John ... more details
.Gabriel pronounced dot Gabriel is an opera in two acts to be performed continuously written by American ... .Gabriel , Program Notes, score published by Beauport Press ref The opera was commissioned ... performance of .Gabriel ref Also in 2010, the composition was awarded an American Music Center ... .Gabriel is an allegory for society s increasing perception of connection to the world through the Internet ... her. ref name BeauportScore Gabriel, Program Notes ref blockquote .Gabriel is a composition where ... where social interaction is required. ref name American Record Guide Concert premiere .Gabriel ... Roles class wikitable Role Voice type Premiere Cast ref name OperaAustralia br Gabriel, Principal s unknown ... Matthew Ockenden Piano Tony Legge Conducting Conductor Tony Legge Staged premiere .Gabriel was first ... won a BMO Mainstage Award. ref name BMO class wikitable Character Voice type Premiere Cast br Gabriel ... .Gabriel was recorded by the Palmetto Camerata at the University of South Carolina January 5 ... .Gabriel listing ref The recording features Tina Milhorn Stallard soprano and James Ackley trumpet ... thumb The Palmetto Camerata, .GABRIEL Recording Session, January 5, 2010 class wikitable Role Voice type Recording Cast br Engineer Jeff Francis Gabriel, Principal s unknown companion. Trumpet James Ackley ... trumpet in main role Score Bradshaw, Robert J. 2009 , .Gabriel , Beauport Press, Gloucester, Massachusetts ... Sound Recording Robert J. Bradshaw s .Gabriel . The Palmetto Camerata. Beauport Classical, 2010. Young, Neville. .Gabriel by Robert Bradshaw. ITG Journal of the International Trumpet Guild. October ... 2009 01.html Boston Metro Opera Mainstage Award http www.bostonmetroopera.com gabriel overview.html ... .Gabriel website http www.nytimes.com 2009 01 29 technology personaltech 29basics.html The New ... cd PalmettoCamerata CD Baby CD Distributor .Gabriel listing http www.australiantrumpetguild.com ... www.tinamilhornstallard.com Tina Milhorn Stallard s website DEFAULTSORT Gabriel Category Operas Category ... more details
Infobox football biography name Alfie Stokes image fullname Alfred Frederick Stokes birth date birth date 1932 10 03 df y cityofbirth London Borough of Hackney Hackney countryofbirth England death date death date and age 2002 03 30 1932 10 03 df y cityofdeath Worthing countryofdeath England position forward football Forward years1 1953 1958 years2 1959 1959 years3 ? ? years4 1961 1961 clubs1 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur clubs2 Fulham F.C. Fulham clubs3 Cambridge City F.C. Cambridge City clubs4 Watford F.C. Watford caps1 65 goals1 40 caps2 15 goals2 6 caps3 ? goals3 ? caps4 14 goals4 2 Alfie Stokes 3 October 1932 30 March 2002 in Worthing . Born in London Borough of Hackney Hackney and educated at the Parmiter s School ref name alf he was a professional footballer who played for Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur , Fulham F.C. Fulham , Cambridge City F.C. Cambridge City , Watford F.C. Watford and represented England national football team England at England B national football team England B ref http www.rsssf.com tablese eng b intres det.html England B international results Retrieved 14 October 2008 ref and schoolboy level. ref Hugman B, J, Ed The PFA Premier & Football ... career Stokes joined Tottenham from non league side Clapton F.C. Clapton in February 1953. The prolific .... In September 1957, Stokes scored five goals in a 7 1 win over Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City ... times for the West London club. After a spell with Cambridge City, Stokes joined Watford in April 1961 where he went on to play 14 matches and finding the net on two occasions. After football Stokes emigrated to Sydney , Australia and turned out for local team St George Saints Budapest St George ... to the UK and settled in Homerton and was employed as a chauffeur. ref name alf Stokes died in Worthing ... . NAME Stokes, Alfie ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION English footballer DATE OF BIRTH 3 October ... OF DEATH Worthing , England DEFAULTSORT Stokes, Alfie Category 1932 births Category 2002 deaths ... more details
William Stokes may refer to William Axton Stokes 1814 1877 , Philadelphia attorney and Major in the American Civil War William Brickly Stokes 1814 1897 , American soldier and politician William Stokes physician 1804 1878 , Irish physician Sir William Stokes surgeon 1839 1900 , his son William Earl Dodge Stokes 1852 1926 , American property developer J. William Stokes 1853 1901 , U.S. Representative from South Carolina William R. Stokes , American politician and mayor of Augusta, Maine hndis Stokes, William ... more details
Dablink This article is about the crater on Mars. For other craters named Stokes, see Stokes crater . Refimprove date December 2009 MarsGeo Crater name Stokes latitude 55.9 N or S N longitude 188.8 E or W W diameter 66.0 eponym GeorgeStokesStokes is an impact crater on Mars . It is located on the Martian Northern plains. It is distinctive for its dark toned sand dunes, which have been formed by the planet s strong winds. It was named after GeorgeGabrielStokes . Research released in July 2010 showed that is one of at least nine craters in the northern lowlands that contains hydrated minerals. They are clay minerals, also called phyllosilicates. ref http photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov catalog ?IDNumber pia13214 ref References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Stokes Martian Crater Category Impact craters on Mars Mars stub Crater stub de Stokes Marskrater pt Stokes cratera marciana ... more details
Infobox person name Trey Stokes birth date birth year and age 1960 birth place United States occupation Filmmaker Trey Stokes born 1960 in Nashville, Tennessee is an United States American filmmaker and puppet ... movie, TV, and motion ride projects. Early career Stokes majored in Cinema Production at the University ... World of Hanna Barbera at Universal Studios Florida . In 1995, Stokes was hired as the animation ... Troopers and My Favorite Martian Movie My Favorite Martian . Stokes gained some notoriety for helping ... article http www.trudang.com autopsy autocont.html How to Build an Alien . Stokes published the opinions ... felt the film was a fake. Many, according to Stokes, found the footage so laughable that they couldn ... in 2000 for the now defunct Aliendog web series, Stokes began directing short films of his own, often ... Film, Land of Many Uses, Fish Guys , and Double Shot . One of the many shorts Stokes and Earhart ... the film was picked by George Lucas as the grand prize winner of that year s competition. ref name ... 27, 2010 ref As part of the prize, Stokes travelled to Skywalker Ranch , where the film was remixed at Skywalker Sound . Recent work In 2003, Stokes programmed the motion simulators for Jimmy Neutron ... supervisor for the film that accompanied the ride. Later that year, Stokes directed Hooves of Destiny ... s ten best films of 2003. In 2004, Stokes worked as a lead motion capture integrator for The Polar ... s official Star Wars fan film contest. ref name Union Tribune In 2005, Stokes worked with filmmaker ... were fans of the Pink Five films, and invited Stokes and Earhart to appear on the show. ref name Union ... January 27, 2010 ref Stokes reteamed with Earhart to complete the Pink Five saga with the eagerly ..., Stokes was a consultant on Universal Studios Theme Parks Universal Studios The Simpsons Ride and directed ... sci fi ark the series accessdate January 27, 2010 ref Podcasting Stokes is also a regular panelist ... Down In Front Podcast website Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stokes, Trey ... more details
, Stokes snatched 104 passes for 1,578 yards 15.2 avg. and 10 touchdowns. He rushed four times ... . MrIrrelevant Patriots2005DraftPicks Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Stokes, Andy ... DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Stokes, Andy Category 1981 births Category Living people ... more details
orphan date January 2011 Harriet Stokes ???? 26 October 1859 was an English woman who took a role of a male bricklayer in the nineteenth century. She first appeared in Whitby , near Doncaster as a girl of about eight years old and said that she had run away from her parents. She went to see the local bricklayer and asked for employment. The bricklayer mistook her for a boy, and she went along with this, giving her name as Harry. Thereafter she continued to live as Harry Stokes for the rest of her life. She even married but her first wife left him after the wedding night with a comment that he was not a man . Sometime after this Harriet took up with a woman who ran a public house . ref cite book title Tit bits from all the most interesting books, periodicals and newspapers in the world publisher George Newnes url http books.google.com books?id srgOAAAAQAAJ&lpg PA55&ots yUVC3BhwpI&dq 22harriet 20stokes 22 20bricksetter&pg PA55 v onepage&q 22harriet 20stokes 22 20bricksetter&f false page 7 date November 12, 1881 ref Subsequently Harriet became a master bricksetter and built chimneys and fire grates. During the Chartism Chartist riots she became a special constable and was made the captain of her company. Towards the end of her life perhaps through drink Harriet s business failed. In October 1859 a body seemingly a man was found dead by a passer by in the River Irwell , standing bolt ... pub where it was officially identified as Harry Stokes. At the somewhat perfunctory inquest the Coroner .... Two women were sent to inspect the body and in due course confirmed the fact that Harry Stokes was physically ... cite web url http www.whitehaven news.co.uk features the remarkable man woman harry stokes 1.629665?referrerPath home title The remarkable man woman Harry Stokes publisher Whitehaven News date 28 October ... name Stokes, Harriet alternative names short description date of birth place of birth date of death 26 October 1859 place of death River Irwell, England DEFAULTSORT Stokes, Harriet Category 1859 deaths ... more details
Infobox New Zealand suburbs name Stokes Valley image 901 stokes valley.jpg caption1 The entrance to Stokes Valley. The foreground shows a large sculpture by Stokes Valley resident Guy Ngan . The right side foreground shows houses in the neighbourhood of Holborn, New Zealand Holborn which is part of Stokes ... City city2 ward established 1840 1843, settled in 1853 ref http www.svn.co.nz history02.html Stokes Valley News Online Stokes Valley History Part 2 ref area population 9,198 popdate 2001 ref http www2.stats.govt.nz ... The red dot shows the location of Stokes Valley within the Wellington Region large map , and within New Zealand as a whole insert Stokes Valley is a major suburb of Lower Hutt , in the North Island ... Stokes Valley stream which flows north to meet the main river close to the Taita Gorge . Stokes Valley was named after Robert Stokes who formed part of the original survey team of 1840 commissioned to plan the city at Thorndon in Wellington. Stokes Valley is a suburb in its own valley. It is partially ... of M ori people M ori habitation in Stokes Valley and the closest iwi tribe , located at Waiwhetu , say they never used the valley for any significant purpose before Europeans arrived. Stokes Valley ... settlers. ref name Watts Watts, M. & P. 1953 . Stokes Valley... Through the Years. Wellington .... ref Stokes Valley, which at that time was simply an unnamed branch valley of the Hutt Valley ..., R. Park, R. Stokes, and K. Bethune, all well known personalities in the early history of Wellington. Robert Stokes, after whom the valley was named, left the employ of the New Zealand Company in early 1842 and went into business for himself. Stokes Street in Wellington was named in his honour in the 1841 map of Wellington. The first mention of the name Stokes Valley was made in January 1843 in the first plan of the valley, and it seems likely that Stokes Valley was named in honour of Robert Stokes as a member of the original surveying party. ref name Watts ref name Ward Robert Stokes took ... more details
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