Person: POCOCK, George (1891-1976)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

George Yeoman POCOCK

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

rowing champion; subject of lantern slides

Main period of activity

N/A

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

23 March 1891

born at

Teddington, Middlesex, England

19 March 1976

died at

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- United Kingdom £100 Sculling Handicap -- George Pocock -- Winner

Slide set reference

image appears in: Tyler's topical slides: series 15 (news: Walter Tyler, at least 17 slides, 24 April 1909)

Notes

Pocock emigrated to Canada in 1911 and later to the U.S.A., where he later founded a successful company building racing boats. The George Pocock Foundation website (www.pocockfoundation.org) says that at his death 'no other person had had a greater influence on American rowing'.

Lucerna ID 6001176

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 1 November 2013

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Person: POCOCK, George (1891-1976)