Cooke, (Alfred)Alistair

Cooke, (Alfred)Alistair
Cooke (ko͝ok), (Alfred) Alistair. Born 1908.
British-born American journalist and broadcaster, whose books include Around the World in 50 Years (1966) and Alistair Cooke's America (1973).

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  • Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair — born Nov. 20, 1908, Manchester, Eng. British U.S. journalist and commentator. Cooke settled in New York City after studies at the University of Cambridge and Yale and Harvard universities. From the late 1930s he provided lively and insightful… …   Universalium

  • Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair — (20 nov. 1908, Manchester, Inglaterra–29 mar. 2004, Nueva York, N.Y., EE.UU.). Periodista y comentarista angloestadounidense. Se estableció en Nueva York después de estudiar en las universidades de Cambridge, Yale y Harvard. Desde fines de la… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Alfred Alistair Cooke — Alistair Cooke. Alfred Alistair Cooke, (20 de noviembre de 1908, Mánchester 30 de marzo de 2004), fue un comentarista y …   Wikipedia Español

  • Alfred Alistair Cooke — noun United States journalist (born in England in 1908) • Syn: ↑Cooke, ↑Alistair Cooke • Regions: ↑England • Instance Hypernyms: ↑journalist …   Useful english dictionary

  • Alistair Cooke — noun United States journalist (born in England in 1908) • Syn: ↑Cooke, ↑Alfred Alistair Cooke • Regions: ↑England • Instance Hypernyms: ↑journalist * * * Alistair …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cooke — noun 1. United States journalist (born in England in 1908) • Syn: ↑Alistair Cooke, ↑Alfred Alistair Cooke • Regions: ↑England • Instance Hypernyms: ↑journalist 2. United States financier who marketed Union bonds to finance …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cooke — /kook/, n. 1. (Alfred) Alastair, born 1908, English journalist and broadcaster. 2. See Coke, Sir Edward. 3. Jay, 1821 1905, U.S. financier. 4. Terence (James), Cardinal, 1921 83, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: archbishop of N …   Universalium

  • Alfred — /al fred, frid/, n. a male given name: from the Old English words meaning elf and counsel. * * * I known as Alfred the Great born 849 died 899 King of Wessex (871–99) in southwestern England. He joined his brother Ethelred I in confronting a… …   Universalium

  • Alfred — (as used in expressions) Adler, Alfred Ayer, Sir A(lfred) J(ules) Binet, Alfred Birney, (Alfred) Earle Blalock, Alfred Brauchitsch, (Heinrich Alfred) Walther von Alfred Bryant Renton Leonard Alfred Schneider Alfred Gerald Caplin Cerf, Bennett… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Cooke — (as used in expressions) Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair Cooke, Jay Cooke, Sam(uel) …   Enciclopedia Universal

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