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Ainsley
Ainsley (also spelt Ainsleigh) is both a unisex given name and a surname and place name. It is derived from words meaning Hermitage (religious retreat), hermitage and Glade (geography), clearing. Notable people with the name include: Given name Men *Ainsley Battles (born 1978), American football player *Ainsley Bennett (born 1954), British sprinter *Ainsley Hall (born 1972), Cayman Islands cricketer *Ainsley Harriott (born 1957), English television chef *Ainsley Maitland-Niles (born 1997), English footballer *Ainsley Waugh (born 1981), Jamaican sprinter *Ainsley Melham (born 1991), Australian actor *Ainsley Iggo (1924–2012), Scottish neurophysiologist *Ainsley Robinson, Canadian wrestler *A. C. de Zoysa (1923–1983), Sri Lankan criminal lawyer Women *Ainsley Earhardt (born 1978), American television news anchor *Ainsley Gardiner, film producer from New Zealand *Ainsley Gotto (1946–2018), Australian businesswoman *Ainsley Howard, English actress *Ainsley Hamill, Scottish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley Harriott
Ainsley Denzil Dubriel Harriott (born 28 February 1957) is an English chef and television presenter. He is known for his BBC cooking game shows ''Can't Cook, Won't Cook'' and ''Ready Steady Cook''. Early life Harriott was born in Paddington, London, to Peppy (née Strudwick) and pianist and singer, Chester Leroy Harriott (1933–2013).Van Wilmer"Chester Harriott obituary" ''The Guardian'', 15 July 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2017. He has Jamaican heritage. Harriott attended Wandsworth Comprehensive School then trained at Westminster Kingsway College (formerly Westminster Technical College), and obtained an apprenticeship at Verrey's restaurant in London's West End, later working as a commis chef. Career Harriott's talents lie in comedy and singing as well as cooking. He formed the Calypso Twins with school friend Paul Boross, releasing a hit record in the early 1990s, "World Party". The Calypso Twins were regular performers at the Comedy Store and Jongleurs; they also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley Earhardt
Ainsley Earhardt (born September 20, 1976) is an American conservative television news journalist and author. She is a co-host of ''Fox & Friends.'' Early life and education Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Earhardt as a young child moved with her family to the Foxcroft area of Charlotte, North Carolina. Earhardt's family moved to the Columbia, South Carolina, area when she was still in elementary school, and she graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1995. After high school, Earhardt attended Florida State University before transferring to the University of South Carolina, where she graduated with a B.A. in journalism. Career Earhardt was hired as a reporter for WLTX, the local CBS station in Columbia, South Carolina, before she graduated from University of South Carolina. From 2000 to 2004 she worked as the morning and noon anchor. She traveled to New York City after the September 11 attacks to cover South Carolina middle school students' raising nearly half a mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Ainsley
Jack Ainsley (born 17 September 1990) is an English footballer who plays as a defender for Stowmarket Town. Club career Early career Born in Ipswich, Suffolk, His father George Ainsley and brother Stuart Ainsley also were at Ipswich as youngsters but never broke into the first team. Ainsley first started his career as a striker with an impressive goal ratio at youth level but since his professional contract Ainsley has currently adapted to right back or centre back. Ipswich Town Ainsley signed a one-year professional contract on 9 June 2009 with Ipswich Town despite interest from a number of Premier League clubs. Ainsley made his debut for Ipswich Town in a 3–3 draw with Shrewsbury Town after extra time in the League Cup, which was won 4–2 in a penalty shootout. On 30 April 2010 he signed a one-year extension with the club. On 7 August he made his Football League debut replacing Mark Kennedy in the 89th minute in a 3–1 win over Middlesbrough. In April 2011 he was awa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley Maitland-Niles
Ainsley Cory Maitland-Niles (born 29 August 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder or full-back for club Southampton on loan from Arsenal. Maitland-Niles spent the 2015–16 season on loan at Ipswich Town and the second half of the 2020–21 and 2021-22 seasons on loan at West Bromwich Albion and Roma respectively. Internationally, he has represented England from under-17 to senior level. Early life Maitland-Niles was born in Goodmayes, Greater London, being raised in Edmonton, North London and attended Oaks Park High School, Ilford. He grew up in a single parent family with his mother, Jule Niles, and his brother, Cordi. He is of Jamaican descent. Club career Arsenal Early career Maitland-Niles is a product of Arsenal's academy having joined the club at the age of six. Maitland-Niles made the step up to Arsenal's U21s during the 2013–14 season, having broken into the U18 set up the season before. He signed his first professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mark Ainsley
John Mark Ainsley (born 9 July 1963) is an English lyric tenor. Known for his supple voice, Ainsley is particularly admired for his interpretations of baroque music and the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the course of his career, he has gravitated towards 20th-century music, singing in operas by Henze, Janáček, and Britten. Early life and education Ainsley was born in Crewe, Cheshire, the son of an Anglican priest and a teacher. He spent most of his childhood in Worcester and was educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester (singing in the Worcester Cathedral Voluntary Choir), and Magdalen College, Oxford. He studied privately with Anthony Rolfe Johnson for five years and went to sing as a lay clerk at Christ Church. He later spent some time in Chicago where he studied with Diane Forlano, who remains his teacher to this day.Jolly, ''Grove Music Online'' Career Ainsley made his official solo debut in 1987 when he sang in Stravinsky's ''Mass'' under Simon Rattle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley Gotto
Ainsley Gotto (14 February 1946 – 25 February 2018) was an Australian public servant and entrepreneur, who was the private secretary to John Gorton, the Prime Minister of Australia in the late 1960s. Early life Gotto was born in the Brisbane suburb of Annerley on 14 February 1946. Her parents were Sidney Gotto, a flight lieutenant in the Royal Australian Air Force, and his wife, Lesley Webster. She lived with her parents and went to school in Melbourne, then lived in London before returning to Melbourne. In 1961, the family moved to Canberra, where Ainsley studied a secretarial course at Canberra Technical College, qualifying for her certificate with the highest typing speed in the class. Gotto also worked as a stage actress for the Canberra Repertory Society, appearing in the lead roles of several plays, but gave up amateur theatre to concentrate on her secretarial career. Gotto began work as a typist at the Department of Immigration, but left after a few months to work f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley Melham
Ainsley Melham (born 2 December 1991) is an Australian actor, best known as a former member of Australian children's musical group Hi-5 from 2013 to 2016 and for playing the title role in Disney's ''Aladdin'' in Australia and later on Broadway. Career Ainsley Melham was born in Australia on 2 December 1991, and raised in Bathurst with his sister Nadia. He graduated from Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), graduating in 2012. He was also educated at the NIDA Open Program, the Australasian Tap Dance Academy and La Belle School of Dance. At WAAPA, Melham performed in a range of musicals, including ''Ragtime'', ''Violet'', ''Crazy For You'', ''A Chorus Line'', ''Xanadu'', ''How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying'', and ''Into The Woods''. In January 2013, Melham joined the Australian children's musical group Hi-5 as part of a new generation, after successfully auditioning in late 2012. He starred in the documentary style cinematic release, ''Some Kind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley Iggo
Ainsley Iggo FRS (2 August 1924 – 25 March 2012) was a New Zealand born neurophysiologist. Life He was born in Napier, New Zealand and studied at a farming college in Invercargill, where he won a bursary to study Agricultural Sciences at the University of New Zealand. There he was awarded a research scholarship to continue his studies in Britain. After gaining a BSc in electrophysiology and neuroscience at the University of Otago in Dunedin, he moved to Aberdeen to join the Rowett Research Institute, an agricultural research facility of the University of Aberdeen. There he was awarded a PhD for his studies on the vagus nerve of sheep.He moved to Edinburgh in 1954, where he began as a lecturer in physiology at the Medical School of the University of Edinburgh before accepting the Chair of Veterinary Physiology at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies of the University of Edinburgh in 1962. He played the major role in establishing the school, commonly known as the Dic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley House
Ainsley House is a 1925 California Arts and Crafts house in Campbell, California, built in the style of an English Tudor Cotswold cottage.National Register of Historic Places, John Colpitts Ainsley House No. 3, Campbell, Santa Clara County, California, . The house and accompanying carriage house (now the Wyland R. Morgan Gallery) were listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 2005. It is now a museum and is open to the public. The house was the third home of Campbell canning pioneer John Colpitts Ainsley (1860–1937) and his wife, Alcinda (1875-1939), and was originally located on the southwest corner of their orchard at the northeast corner of Hamilton and Johnson (now Bascom) Avenues. After J.C. Ainsley's death in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ainsley Hall
Ainsley Hall (born 23 June 1972 in Jamaica) is a Cayman Islands cricketer. A right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper, he has played for the Cayman Islands national cricket team since 2005. Playing career Ainsley Hall made his debut for the Cayman Islands in the repêchage tournament for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Kuala Lumpur in February 2005. He played three matches in the tournament, winning the man of the match award against Italy after top-scoring with 51 in the Cayman Islands' innings. He made his first-class debut in August of that year, playing against Bermuda and Canada in the 2005 ICC Intercontinental Cup at the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club. The following year, he played for the Cayman Islands in their two Stanford 20/20 matches against the Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago. He most recently represented the Cayman Islands at Division Three of the World Cricket League in Darwin, Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Ainsley
John William Ainsley (30 June 1898 – 23 June 1976) was a British coal miner and Labour Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament for North West Durham from 1955 to 1964. Working life Ainsley was born on 30 June 1898, the son of John George Ainsley. Ainsley attended elementary school before enlisting in the Durham Light Infantry in 1916 to fight in the First World War. When he returned, he became a coal miner. He continued his education at evening classes and through correspondence courses. Local politics Ainsley joined the Labour Party and helped the party by acting as the agent running election campaigns. In 1942 he was appointed to Durham County Council (elections having been suspended during the war), where he specialised in education and became Chairman of the Education Committee; served on the council until 1956, including a term as Chair from 1953 to 1955, and as Alderman the following year. In December 1950 he was part of a delegation to central government over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Ainsley
George Edward Ainsley (15 April 1915 – April 1985) was an English professional footballer and football manager. Playing career George Ainsley,a centre forward, played for his local side South Shields St. Andrews before joining Sunderland in April 1932. He made his league debut on 6 May 1933 in a 1–1 draw away to Chelsea. He played three more times the following season, in games against Portsmouth, Stoke City and Manchester City, but failed to feature again for Sunderland. He left to join Bolton Wanderers in August 1936. In December the same year, after just seven league games for Bolton, Ainsley moved to Leeds United. He scored on his league debut (On 19 December against Sunderland) and scored twice in his second appearance (as Leeds beat Middlesbrough). He was never a regular at Elland Road, despite scoring 30 times in 89 league games. He remained with Leeds until after the war, joining Bradford Park Avenue in November 1947. He retired from playing in 1949, having ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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