Parkes
Britishnoun
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He finished his coaching career there, perhaps fittingly, in a caretaker manager role after Grayson left for Leeds midway through the 2008-09 campaign and Parkes led the Tangerines to a 16th-place finish in the Championship.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Former Blackburn Rovers player and coach Tony Parkes has died, aged 76.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Professor Chris Parkes, head of the University's Department of Physics and Astronomy, led the international collaboration during the installation and early operation of the upgraded LHCb detector.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
The feature debut from writer-director Graham Parkes is also one of three films at the fest to feature comedy star Kate Berlant, here in a double role as unnerving twin couples-therapy influencers.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026
The strain had been too much, and for twenty-eight days I lay helpless, tended by the kindly and skilful hand of Surgeon Parkes.
From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler
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