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Alley (surname)
Alley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anthea Alley (1927–1993), British sculptor *Allen Alley (born 1954), American businessman and politician *Alphonse Alley (1930–1987), Beninese political figure *Bill Alley (1919–2004), Australian cricket player *Cal Alley (1915–1970), American editorial cartoonist *Candice Alley (born 1982), Australian singer-songwriter *Carroll Alley (1928–2016), American physicist *Chelsea Alley (born 1982), New Zealand rugby player *Don Alley (born 1945), American football player *Elizabeth Alley (1955–2013), American actress *Ernest Alley (1904–1971), American football player *Fred Alley (1962–2001), American lyricist *Gene Alley (born 1940), American baseball player *Geoff Alley (1903–1986), New Zealand rugby player *George Alley (died 1912), Irish Methodist *Henry Alley (born 1945), American writer *Jennifer Alley, American basketball coach *Jerome Alley (1760–1826), Irish poet and author *John B. Alley (1817–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthea Alley
Anthea Alley (1927–1993) was a British sculptor and artist. She was born in Malaya in 1927, and lived in Australia and South Africa during the Second World War. In 1944 she moved to London with her family and studied painting at the Regent Street Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Art and the Royal College of Art.arnolfini.org.ukAnthea Alley — Arnolfini accessdate: 23/08/2014 From 1957 she concentrated on sculpture art, producing welded pieces alongside assemblage paintings. In 1960, Alley held her first one-person show at the Molton Gallery and in 1961 she received a John Moores Painting Prize. She was married to Ronald Alley, Keeper of the Modern Collection at the Tate Gallery, London. Examples of her work is in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Alley
Jerome Alley (1760–1826) was an Irish poet and author. After being educated at and took his degree from, Trinity College, Dublin, he became Rector of Drumcar in diocese of Armagh The Diocese of Armagh is the metropolitan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of Armagh, the Church of Ireland province that covers the northern half (approximately) of the island of Ireland. The diocese mainly covers counties Louth, Ty .... ''A Compendium of Irish Biography'' states that "He was the author of several poems and pamphlets. In 1826, shortly before his death, he published a work about the various religions of the world." References * 18th-century Irish poets 18th-century Irish male writers 19th-century Irish poets 1760 births 1826 deaths {{Ireland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Alley
Captain Stephen Alley MC (14 February 1876 - 1969) was a British mechanical engineer and Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) agent in pre-revolutionary Russia who may have had an involvement in the murder of Rasputin in 1916 and in a plan to try to rescue the Russian Imperial Family, the Romanovs, imprisoned in Ipatiev House in 1918 by the Bolsheviks. Early life Stephen Alley was born on 14 February 1876 at Arkhangelskoye Estate near Moscow. After being educated in Russia he attended King's College London where he studied English Literature, and later moved to Glasgow University where he took a degree in engineering. He was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the Surrey Yeomanry on 18 October 1902. Career After university he joined the family firm of Alley & McLellan Engineers in London. In 1910 he returned to Russia, where he helped build the first heavy oil pipeline to the Black Sea. He became experienced in building rail transport. He is noted by many authors and documentarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shelly Lee Alley
Shelly Lee Alley (July 6, 1894 – June 1, 1964) was an American singer, musician, songwriter and western swing bandleader. As a songwriter, Alley wrote "Travelin' Blues" for Jimmie Rodgers, a song which has been recorded by over 20 artists, including Merle Haggard and Ernest Tubb. He is a member of the Western Swing Hall of Fame. He is considered one of Texas' best bandleaders of the 1930s and 1940s and a pioneer of western swing music. Early life Shelly Lee Alley was born in 1894 in Alleyton, Texas. His parents were Eliza ''Hoover'' Alley and John Ross Alley. John Ross operated a cotton gin. He had a brother named Alvin. Alley began reading music when he was a child. Career During World War I, Alley was the bandleader for a military orchestra in San Antonio, Texas. In the 1920s, he moved the Dallas-Fort Worth area and led pop and jazz dance and radio orchestras. He regularly appeared on KRLD with his bands. While working in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Alley met Jimmie Rodg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Alley
Rick Alley is an American poet. He is the author of the book, ''Talking Book of July'' (Eastern Washington Press, 1997) He is also the author of August Machine, a chapbook of lyrical poems.Alley, RickTalking Book of JulyJuly 1997, University of Washington, He grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia and studied at both the Old Dominion University and at the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts. He has held editorial positions with Associated Writing Programs The Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) is a nonprofit literary organization that provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to nearly 50,000 writers, 500 college and university creative writing programs, and 125 writers' c ... and Marquee. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia, where he teaches creative writing. His poetry has also appeared in the book "The Next Generation, American Poets Under 40" (Carnegie Mellon Press). References {{DEFA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Alley
Richard Blane Alley (born 18 August 1957) is an American geologist and Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Pennsylvania State University. He has authored more than 240 refereed scientific publications about the relationships between Earth's cryosphere and global climate change, and is recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information as a "highly cited researcher." Education Alley was educated at Ohio State University and University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he was awarded a PhD in 1987. Research and career In 1999, Alley was invited to testify about climate change by Vice President Al Gore, in 2003 by the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology in 2007 and again in 2010. Alley's 2007 testimony was due to his role as a lead author of "Chapter 4: Observations: Changes in Snow, Ice and Frozen Ground" for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rewi Alley
Rewi Alley (known in China as 路易•艾黎, Lùyì Àilí, 2 December 1897 – 27 December 1987) was a New Zealand-born writer and political activist. A member of the Chinese Communist Party, he dedicated 60 years of his life to the cause and was a key figure in the establishment of Chinese Industrial Cooperatives and technical training schools, including the Peili Vocational Institute (Bailie Vocational Institute or the Beijing Bailie University). Alley was a prolific writer about 20th century China, and especially the communist revolution. He also translated numerous Chinese poems. Early life and influences Rewi was born in the small town of Springfield, in inland Canterbury, New Zealand. He was named after Rewi Maniapoto, a Māori chief who famously resisted the British military during the New Zealand Wars in the 1860s. Alley's father was a teacher, and Rewi attended primary school at Amberley; then Wharenui School in Christchurch, where his father was appointed headma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Alley
Phillip John Sydney Alley (born 26 July 1970 in Orange, New South Wales) is an Australian former cricket player. Alley played 31 First class cricket and 8 List A matches for New South Wales and South Australia. See also * List of New South Wales representative cricketers * List of South Australian representative cricketers This is a list of cricketers who have represented South Australia in either a first-class, List A or Twenty20 match. South Australia's inaugural first-class match commenced on 10 November 1877, against Tasmania at the Adelaide Oval, its first ... References Living people 1970 births Australian cricketers South Australia cricketers New South Wales cricketers People from Orange, New South Wales Cricketers from New South Wales {{Australia-cricket-bio-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miko Alley
Mariko Elizabeth Montero Alley is an American-born Filipino footballer who played as a midfielder. She has been a member of the Philippines women's national team. Early life Alley was raised in Prichard, West Virginia. College and club career Alley was signed up to play for the women's soccer team of the West Virginia University, the West Virginia Mountaineers in 2006. She also played for Charlotte Soccer Club at the Super Y league. International career In 2003, while playing at the USA Cup in Minnesota, Alley met and was scouted by Philippines men's national team coach Aris Caslib who watched some of her games. In October 2005, the Philippine Football Federation contacted her and team manager Ernie Nierras invited her to the women's national team. Alley was part of the Philippine women's national team that participated at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games The 2005 Southeast Asian Games, officially known as the 23rd Southeast Asian Games, was a Southeast Asian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindsey Alley
Lindsey Erin Alley (born December 6, 1977) is an American actress and singer, who for several years lived in New York City and now resides in Los Angeles. She is known for Bedtime Stories (2008), Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) and Jessica Jones (2015). Early life Alley was born in Lakeland, Florida. Career She began acting at the age of six. In her first starring role, she played the role of Patsy in the movie ''Ernest Saves Christmas'' in 1988. From 1989 to 1994, she performed as a mouseketeer in The Disney Channel's revival of the ''Mickey Mouse Club'' (later known as ''MMC''), on which she remained until the show was canceled in 1994. Two years after the show ended, Alley graduated from Lakeland Senior High School in 1996. Alley continued her education at the University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Larry Alley
Larry Alley (born September 23, 1948) is an American politician who has served in the Kansas Senate from the 32nd district since 2017. Following the removal on April 9, 2021 of Gene Suellentrop from the office of Majority Leader, Alley, who was the Republican Assistant Leader, succeeded him in an acting capacity.Kansas Senate Republicans oust leader from post amid wrong-way drunk driving charges '''', Jonathan Shorman and Katie Bernard, April 9, 2021. Retrieved April 11, 2021. Rather than Suellentrop resigning his caucus position, Masterson had said most of Suellentrop's duties would be temporarily assigned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirstie Alley
Kirstie Louise Alley (January 12, 1951 – December 5, 2022) was an American actress. Her breakout role was as Rebecca Howe in the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1987–1993), for which she received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe in 1991. From 1997 to 2000, she starred as the lead in the sitcom ''Veronica's Closet'', earning additional Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. On film, she was perhaps best known for her role as Mollie Jensen in ''Look Who's Talking'' (1989) and its two sequels, ''Look Who's Talking Too'' (1990) and ''Look Who's Talking Now'' (1993). Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Alley appeared in various films, including '' Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan'' (1982), '' Summer School'' (1987), '' Shoot to Kill'' (1988), '' Madhouse'' (1990), ''Sibling Rivalry'' (1990), '' Village of the Damned'' (1995), '' It Takes Two'' (1995), ''Deconstructing Harry'' (1997), ''For Richer or Poorer'' (1997), and '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' (1999). Alley won her second Emmy Award in 1994 for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
