# Adcock

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{{Infobox surname
| name                = Adcock
| pronunciation       = 
| image               = 
| caption             = 
| meaning             = 
| region              = [England](/source/England)
| languageorigin      = 
| variant             = Atcock, [Hadcock](/source/Hadcock)
* meaning: "Adam's son" or "offspring of Adam"
| family              = 
| footnotes           = Frequency Comparisons:{{r|"forebears"}}
}}

'''Adcock''' is an English surname.{{r|"Hanks Coates McClure 2016"}}{{r|"Browne Reaney Wilson Scull 1991"}} Notable people with the surname include:

* [Alfred Adcock](/source/Alfred_Adcock) (1916–2005), English cricketer
* [Arthur St. John Adcock](/source/Arthur_St._John_Adcock) (1864–1930), English novelist, journalist and poet
* [Betty Adcock](/source/Betty_Adcock), American poet
* [Brett Adcock](/source/Brett_Adcock) (born 1986), American tech entrepreneur
* [C. C. Adcock](/source/C._C._Adcock) (born 1971), American musician
* [Chris Adcock](/source/Chris_Adcock), English badminton player
* [Clarence Lionel Adcock](/source/Clarence_Lionel_Adcock) (1895–1967), American Army Officer
* [Eddie Adcock](/source/Eddie_Adcock), American bluegrass musician
* [Fleur Adcock](/source/Fleur_Adcock) (1934–2024), New Zealand poet
* Frank Adcock, British engineer, inventor of the [Adcock antenna](/source/Adcock_antenna)
* [Gabby Adcock](/source/Gabby_Adcock), English badminton player
* [Gavin Adcock](/source/Gavin_Adcock), American country music singer
* Sir [Frank Adcock](/source/Frank_Adcock) (1886–1968), English classical historian
* [Hugh Adcock](/source/Hugh_Adcock) (1903–1975), English footballer
* [Jamar Adcock](/source/Jamar_Adcock) (1917–1999), American politician and banker
* [Jed Adcock](/source/Jed_Adcock) (born 1985), Australian rules footballer
* [Joe Adcock](/source/Joe_Adcock) (1927–1999), Major League Baseball player
* [Joseph Adcock](/source/Joseph_Adcock) (1864–1914), English cricketer and clergyman
* [Levy Adcock](/source/Levy_Adcock), American football player
* [Nathan Adcock (baseball)](/source/Nathan_Adcock_(baseball)), Major League Baseball player
* [Neil Adcock](/source/Neil_Adcock) (1931–2013), South African cricketer
* Sally Adcock, English actress, known for ''[Tom Grattan's War](/source/Tom_Grattan's_War)''
* [Ty Adcock](/source/Ty_Adcock) (born 1997), Major League Baseball player
* [William Adcock (businessman)](/source/William_Adcock_(businessman)) (1846–1931), Australian journalist
* [William Adcock (politician)](/source/William_Adcock_(politician)) (1850–1926), American politician and farmer
* [Willis Adcock](/source/Willis_Adcock) (1922–2003), American chemist and electrical engineer

Other topics referred to by the term '''Adcock''' include:
* [Adcock antenna](/source/Adcock_antenna), antenna arrangement used for direction finding
* An elementary school in the [Clark County School District](/source/Clark_County_School_District)
* [Adcock River](/source/Adcock_River), river in Western Australia

== References ==
<references>

<ref name="Browne Reaney Wilson Scull 1991">{{cite book
| last1        = Browne
| first1       = W.A.F.
| last2       = Reaney
| first2      = P.H.
| last3       = Wilson
| first3      = R.M.
| last4       = Scull
| first4      = A.
| title       = A Dictionary of English Surnames
| publisher   = Routledge
| series      = Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry
| year        = 1991
| isbn        = 978-0-415-05737-0
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=5sVq7VQlNwcC&pg=PA12
| access-date = 19 August 2018
| page        = 12
}}</ref>
<ref name="forebears">{{cite web
| url       = http://forebears.co.uk/surnames/adcock
| title     = Adcock Meaning and Distribution
| publisher = forebears.co.uk
}} Retrieved 25 January 2014</ref>
<ref name="Hanks Coates McClure 2016">{{cite book
| last1        = Hanks
| first1       = P.
| last2       = Coates
| first2      = R.
| last3       = McClure
| first3      = P.
| title       = The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
| publisher   = OUP Oxford
| year        = 2016
| isbn        = 978-0-19-252747-9
| url         = https://books.google.com/books?id=0AyDDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA13
| access-date = 2 September 2018
| page        = 13
}}</ref>

</references>

{{surname|Adcock}}

Category:English-language surnames

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