Researching David Nokes
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 667 people with the Nokes surname? In that year Nokes was ranked number 2913 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Nokes on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Nokes and the Nokes Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 731 people with the Nokes surname in the UK? Nokes is now ranked number 3351 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Nokes surname in the USA? Nokes is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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David Nokes
David Nokes FRSL (March 11, 1948 - November 19, 2009) was a scholar of 18th-century English literature known for his biographies of Jonathan Swift, John Gay, Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson. He also penned screenplays, including a BBC adaptation of Samuel Richardson's novel Clarissa (1991) and an adaptation of Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996). He was also a leading reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books.
Nokes attended King's College School, Wimbledon, London. He received an MA from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1974. He started teaching at King's College London in 1973, was elevated to reader in 1986 and then promoted to Professor of English Literature in 1998.
In 1994 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
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