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Blackley (surname)
Blackley is a toponymic surname that refers to the suburban area of Manchester. Notable people with the surname include: *Adam Blackley (born 1985), Australian baseball player * Charles Harrison Blackley (1820–1900), English physician * Jamie Blackley (born 1991), British actor *Jim Blackley James David Blackley (born 1927 in Edinburgh) was a jazz-focused drumkit teacher. Blackley lived and taught in Barrie, Ontario, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, offering monthly sessions to Canadian students and 10-day master classes to professional musi ... (born 1927), Scottish-born Canadian jazz drummer * John Blackley (born 1948), Scottish footballer and manager * John Blackley (politician) (1862–1952), Australian politician * Len Blackley (1915–1983), Australian rules footballer * Seamus Blackley, American video game designer * Travis Blackley (born 1982), Australian baseball player {{surname English toponymic surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toponymic Surname
A toponymic surname or topographic surname is a surname derived from a place name."Toponymic Surnames as Evidence of the Origin: Some Medieval Views" , by Benjamin Z. Kedar. This can include specific locations, such as the individual's place of origin, residence, or of lands that they held, or can be more generic, derived from topographic features.Iris Shagir, "The Medieval Evolution of By-naming: Notions from the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem", ''In Laudem Hierosolymitani'' (Shagir, Ellenblum & Riley-Smith, eds.), Ashgate Publishing, 2007, pp. 49-59. Toponymic surnames originated as non-hereditary personal s, and only subsequently came to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackley
Blackley is a suburban area of Manchester, England. Historically in Lancashire, it is approximately north of Manchester city centre, on the River Irk. History The hamlet of Blackley was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The name derives from the Anglo-Saxon Blæclēah = "dark wood" or "dark clearing". In the 13th and 14th centuries Blackley was referred to as ''Blakeley'' or ''Blakelegh''. By the Middle Ages, Blackley had become a park belonging to the lords of Manchester.' Its value in 1282 was recorded as £6 13s 4d, a sum approximately equivalent in buying power to £333,500 today. The lords of Manchester leased the land from time to time. In 1473, John Byron held the leases on Blackley village, Blackley field and Pillingworth fields at an annual rent of £33 6s 8d. The Byron family continued to hold the land until the beginning of the 17th century when Blackley was sold in parcels to a number of landowners. By the middle of the 17th century, Blackley was a rural village o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Blackley
Adam Blackley (born 22 February 1985 in Melbourne) is a former Australian pitcher. He is the brother of Travis Blackley. Career In 2003, Blackley was signed to the Boston Red Sox by Australia national baseball team manager Jon Deeble. He made his debut with the GCL Red Sox that year and allowed only 13 hits in 242/3 IP, posting a remarkable 0.73 ERA. In 2004, he was promoted and posted 4–3 with a 3.39 ERA for the Augusta GreenJackets but pitched with less success for the Lowell Spinners (0–1, 7.71). The next year, he was 6–3, 4.01 ERA with Lowell and was promoted to the Greenville Drive (2–7, 6.15) for the rest of the season. In 2006, the southpaw was limited an injury to his elbow and spent his year back down with the GCL Red Sox (3.86) and Wilmington Blue Rocks (0–2, 4.64). He made his debut for the national team in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup and performed well, not allowing any runs in 12 innings. He led the tournament with the lowest ERA and made the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Harrison Blackley
Charles Harrison Blackley (5 April 1820 – 4 September 1900) was the discoverer of the mechanism behind allergic rhinitis caused by pollen, commonly called hay fever. The isolation of hay fever as a condition had been known since 1819 through the work of John Bostock John Joseph Bostock (born 15 January 1992) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Notts County. Bostock made his professional debut for Crystal Palace at the age of 15. In 2008, he signed for Tottenham Hotsp .... Blackley was the first to connect pollen to the condition, and though he held some later discredited views, his insight was an important step in the research of allergens. His most important work was a book titled the ''Experimental Researches on the Causes and Nature of Catarrhus aestivus'', published in 1873. Charles Darwin had read this book and wrote to thank him for it. He was very interested in Blackley’s experiments and in another letter explained that so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Blackley
Jamie Alexander Blackley (born 8 July 1991) is a British actor. He is known for his role as Adam Wilde in the film ''If I Stay''. Biography Blackley was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, and was raised in London, England, with his father Martin, mother Marina, and older sister Holly-Anna. His first major appearance was as Hanschen in the London stage production of '' Spring Awakening''. Blackley had a small role as Iain in the fairy tale/action-adventure movie ''Snow White and the Huntsman'' (2012), but some of his most prominent film roles include Mark in the thriller ''Uwantme2killhim?'' (2013), Sigurdur Thordarson in the thriller '' The Fifth Estate'' (2013), and Adam Wilde in the romantic drama ''If I Stay'' (2014). He played Freddie Hamilton in ''The Halcyon ''The Halcyon'' is a British television period drama broadcast on ITV which began airing on 2 January 2017. It was created and written by Charlotte Jones. The series focused on examining World War II London from 'a new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Blackley
James David Blackley (born 1927 in Edinburgh) was a jazz-focused drumkit teacher. Blackley lived and taught in Barrie, Ontario, Barrie, Ontario, Canada, offering monthly sessions to Canadian students and 10-day master classes to professional musicians from around the globe. References External linksJim Blackley's website {{DEFAULTSORT:Blackley, Jim 1927 births Living people Canadian male drummers Canadian jazz drummers Musicians from Barrie Musicians from Edinburgh Canadian male jazz musicians Scottish drummers Scottish emigrants to Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackley
John Henderson Blackley (born 12 May 1948) is a Scottish football coach and former player. Blackley made 279 appearances at centre-half for Hibernian and also represented Newcastle United, Preston North End and Hamilton Academical. He won seven Scottish international caps and represented his country in the 1974 FIFA World Cup, playing in the 2–0 win against Zaire. Blackley began a managerial career with Hamilton in October 1981, while continuing his playing career. He left Hamilton in 1983 and became a player/coach at Hibs, his first senior club, and was then promoted to the manager's position at Easter Road in 1984. His final managerial role was at Cowdenbeath, which he left to become Gordon Wallace's assistant at Dundee. Blackley has since worked at several clubs with Paul Sturrock, including St Johnstone, Dundee United, Plymouth Argyle twice, Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon Town. His brief has been to work specifically with the defenders, passing on the experie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Blackley (politician)
John Blackley (6 Jan 1862 - 10 Mar 1952) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Biography Blackley was born in Scotland, and came to Australia as a young man. Settling in Maryborough, he went into business manufacturing aerated water. In 1883 he married Elizabeth Andrew (died 1942) and together had three sons and two daughters.Family history research — Queensland Government births, deaths, marriages, and divorces. Retrieved 27 May 2016. He died in Maryborough in March 1952 and his funeral proceeded from St Stephens Presbyterian Church to the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Len Blackley
Leonard Charles Blackley (2 March 1915 – 27 March 1983) was an Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...er who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Notes External links * * 1915 births 1983 deaths Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) Fitzroy Football Club players Brunswick Football Club players {{AFL-bio-1915-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seamus Blackley
Jonathan "Seamus" Blackley (born 1968) is an American video game designer and former agent with Creative Artists Agency representing video game creators. He is best known for creating and designing the original Xbox in 2001. Career After entering Tufts University to study electrical engineering, Blackley switched to study physics and graduated in 1990, . As an undergraduate, he published his first paper in the ''Journal of Magnetic Resonance''. After college, he studied High Energy Physics at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, until the Superconducting Supercollider project was cancelled in 1993. Blackley then went to work at Blue Sky Productions, later called Looking Glass Studios. In addition to his work on ''Ultima Underworld'' and ''System Shock'', Blackley helped to create the sophisticated physics system in ''Flight Unlimited''. He is mentioned in the ''Flight Unlimited'' manual as follows: Following the completion of ''Flight Unlimited'' in 1995, Blackley pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Travis Blackley
Travis Jarred Blackley (born 4 November 1982) is an Australian former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers. Blackley also played in the KBO League for the Kia Tigers, in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, in the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) for the Pericos de Puebla, in Liga Mexicana del Pacifico on the Aguilas de Mexicali and the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and the Brisbane Bandits & Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League (ABL). Travis currently plays club ball for the Twin City Baseball Club in the Gold Coast Baseball Association Division 1 winter league. Professional career Seattle Mariners Blackley was signed by the Seattle Mariners as an undrafted free agent on 29 October 2000. He began his professional career with the Single-A Everett AquaSox in . He had a 6–1 record with a 3.32 ERA in 14 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
