Frederick Stokes

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

Famous quotes containing the words frederick and/or stokes:

    Science is the knowledge of many, orderly and methodically
    digested and arranged, so as to become attainable by one. The
    knowledge of reasons and their conclusions constitutes abstract, that of causes and their effects, and of the laws of nature, natural science.
    —John Frederick William Herschel (1792–1871)

    Some pray to marry the man they love,
    My prayer will somewhat vary;
    I humbly pray to Heaven above
    That I love the man I marry.
    —Rose Pastor Stokes (1879–1933)