Dunkerley

Dunkerley

Dunkerley or Dunckerley is a surname and may refer to:

  • James Dunkerley, Professor of Politics at Queen Mary, University of London, and Director of the Institute for the Study of the Americas
  • Jason Dunkerley, a Paralympian athlete from Canada competing mainly in category T11 middle distance events
  • Roderic Dunkerley (born 1884), writer from London
  • Thomas Dunckerley, (born 1724), 'natural' son of King George II, freemason

See also

  • 6865 Dunkerley (1991 TE2), a Main-belt Asteroid discovered in 1991
  • Dunkerley's Method, used in mechanical engineering to determine the critical speed of a shaft-rotor system

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