Charles Brooke

Charles Brooke may refer to:

  • Charles Brooke (surgeon) (1804–1879), surgeon and inventor
  • Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (1829 – 1917), head of state of Sarawak, Borneo
  • Charles Brooke (Jesuit)

Famous quotes containing the words charles and/or brooke:

    “Mead had studied for the ministry, but had lost his faith and took great delight in blasphemy. Capt. Charles H. Frady, pioneer missionary, held a meeting here and brought Mead back into the fold. He then became so devout that, one Sunday, when he happened upon a swimming party, he shot at the people in the river, and threatened to kill anyone he again caught desecrating the Sabbath.”
    —For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    “Sleep; and high places; footprints in the dew;”
    —Rupert Brooke (1887–1915)