Coker
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For the surname Coker, see List of people sharing the surname Coker.
Coker may refer to:
- Coker College, a private American college based in Hartsville, South Carolina, United States
- Camp Coker, a Boy Scout Camp located in South Carolina, United States
- Coker Tire, a specialty tire manufacturer
- Coker unit, an oil refinery processing unit
- Coker v. Georgia, a Supreme Court case striking down the death sentence of a defendant convicted of rape
- the cokernel, also referred to as the coker, is a concept in category theory
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[edit] People
- Alexander Coker, former Chief Inspector of UNMOVIC's Chemical Weapons Team in Iraq (2002-2003)
- Charles W. Coker[1] (b. 1933; South Carolina, United States), of Sonoco Products Company
- George Thomas Coker (b. 1943; Texas, United States), US Navy aviator and Distinguished Eagle Scout who spent 6.5 years as a Prisoner of War during the Vietnam War
- Henry Coker, American jazz trombonist
- Major James Lide Coker (1837–1913; b. and d. South Carolina, United States), founder of Sonoco Products Company and Coker College
- Jerry Coker, American jazz saxophonist
- John Coker (1789–1851; b. South Carolina, d. Texas, United States), Hero of the Texas Revolution, founder of Coker, Texas.
- Larry Coker (b. 1948; Oklahoma, United States), former head football coach of the University of Miami
- William Chambers Coker (1872–after 1921; b. South Carolina, United States), botanist and founder of Coker Arboretum
[edit] Places
- Coker, Alabama, a town in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, United States
- Coker, Texas, a community located in Bexar County, Texas, United States, located within the city limits of San Antonio
- East Coker, a village and parish in Somerset, England
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[edit] References
- ^ Great-grandson of James Lide Coker
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