- Wheelock
Wheelock and similar may refer to:
Placenames
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River Wheelock in Cheshire in England.
*Wheelock, Cheshire is a long village south of Sandbach in Cheshire in England.
*Wheelock, Vermont (a town)
*Wheelock, North Dakota is a ghost town in the United StatesFirms and buildings
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Cooper Wheelock , a manufacturer offire alarm and general signaling products.
*Wheelock College , a small liberal arts college inBoston, Massachusetts .
*Wheelock Place is a building in Singapore.
*Wheelock & Co - formerly British Hong Wheelock and Marden Company LimitedPeople
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Douglas H. Wheelock , American astronaut
*Eleazar Wheelock , the founder ofDartmouth College
*Frederic M. Wheelock , author of the Latin textbook "Wheelock's Latin "
*John Wheelock , son of Eleazar Wheelock and second president ofDartmouth College
*John Hall Wheelock , an American poet
*Sean Wheelock , football (soccer) television and radio commentatorOther meanings
*The word "wheelock" occasionally occurs as a wrong spelling of "wheelclamp".
*The part of a gun is correctly spelt "wheellock ".Etymology
The name Wheelock is reported to derive from the Common Celtic ancestor of Welsh "chevel-og", meaning "winding river"
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