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Halley (surname)
Halley is a surname of English origin, meaning: one who lived at, or near the hall in the grove or open place in a wood. The derivation is probably from the Olde English pre 7th century use of Old English heall ‘hall’, ‘large house’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. following enforced land clearances. At the height of the wool industry in the 14th century, whole villages in Derbyshire, were cleared to make way for sheep pastures. Combined with the later 18th century Highland Clearances it is estimated that there are between seven and ten thousand such villages that have disappeared from British maps. Following the introduction of personal taxation in the 13th century, in England, surnames became required. The earliest recorded use of the surname Halley is held in the village of Beeley, Derbyshire, England, for a witness called Georgii Halley, dated 27 January 1538. The Beeley parish church records show an Anna Halley, who was christened on the 27 December 1577 and an Eli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old English Language
Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literary works date from the mid-7th century. After the Norman conquest of 1066, English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman (a relative of French) as the language of the upper classes. This is regarded as marking the end of the Old English era, since during this period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase known now as Middle English in England and Early Scots in Scotland. Old English developed from a set of Anglo-Frisian or Ingvaeonic dialects originally spoken by Germanic tribes traditionally known as the Angles, Saxons and Jutes. As the Germanic settlers became dominant in England, their language replaced the languages of Roman Britain: Common Br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick F
Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or Patricius, Bishop of Dublin * Patrick, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122–1168), Anglo-Norman nobleman * Patrick (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian striker *Patrick (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian midfielder *Patrick (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born May 1998), Brazilian forward *Patrick (footballer, born November 1998), Brazilian attacking midfielder * Patrick (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian defender *Patrick (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian defender *John Byrne (Scottish playwright) (born 1940), also a painter under the pseudonym Patrick *Don Harris (wrestler) (born 1960), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Patrick Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haley (surname)
Haley is an English surname. It is based on a place name derived from Old English ''heg'' "hay" and ''leah'' "clearing or meadow",Katie Martin-Doyle, ''The Treasury of Baby Names'', Worth Press, Cambridge 2005. The surname Haley was found in County Sligo (Irish: Sligeach), in the province of Connacht in Northwestern Ireland, where they held a family seat from ancient times. The original form of Haley is ''O hEalaighthe'', which is derived from the word "ealadhach," which means "ingenious." Another Gaelic form of the surname is ''O hEilidhe'', which is derived from the word "eilidhe," which means "claimant". Variant spellings include Heily, Hailey, Hayley, and Healy. The given name Hayley (which has many variant spellings) was derived from it. The family name Haley is also a variant spelling of the anglicized Irish Healy (surname). People with the surname Haley * Alex Haley (1921-1992), African American writer * Andrew Haley (born 1974), Canadian Paralympic swimmer * Andrew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halley (given Name)
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Halley is a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include: Female * Halley Feiffer (born 1984), American actress * Halley Gross (born 1985), American screenwriter * Halley Brewster Savery Hough (1894–1967), American art curator Male * Halley Harding (1904-1967), American baseball player * Halley G. Maddox (1899–1977), American career officer * Halley H. Prosser (1870–1921), American politician * Halley Stewart (1838–1937), English businessman See also * Hayley, similar given name with other spellings * Halley (surname) * Halley (other) Halley may refer to: Science * Halley's Comet, officially designated 1P/Halley, a comet that becomes visible from Earth every 75-76 years * Halley (lunar crater), a lunar crater named after Edmond Halley * Halley (Martian crater), a Martian cra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sid Halley
Sid Halley (John Sidney Halley) is a fictional character in four Dick Francis novels, ''Odds Against'', '' Whip Hand'', ''Come to Grief'', ''Under Orders'' and one follow-up book by Felix Francis, ''Refusal''. He is a former British jump racing Champion Jockey and private detective. He is the only central character to appear in more than two Francis novels, and one of only two to appear more than once. (The other is Kit Fielding of ''Break In'' and ''Bolt''.) Character biography Early life and career Halley was born out of wedlock. His mother's fiancé died at age 20 (though a newspaper report in ''Come to Grief'' says he was 19) only three days before the wedding in a fall from a ladder, whilst working overtime as a window cleaner. Eight months after his father's death Halley was born. Halley's mother, aged 19 at his birth, came from the Liverpool slums and later worked as a biscuit packer. Halley's boyhood home was Liverpool. His mother died when Halley was 15 of an obscure kidne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Halley
Victor Halley (1904-1966) was a trade unionist and socialist in Northern Ireland, who identified the cause of labour with the achievement of an all-Ireland republic. A Presbyterian, Halley was born at 19 Carew Street, Belfast on 15 January 1904, the son of James Halley, a soldier, and Julia McCormick. He became an official, and eventually Vice-Chairman, of the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union. Haley joined the Independent Labour Party, and when in 1932 this disaffiliated from the British Labour Party, he became a founder member of the small Socialist Party of Northern Ireland, an integral part of the Northern Ireland Labour Party. In 1934, along with Jack Macgougan, Jack White and other northern trade unionists and socialists, he attended the convention in Athlone that established the broad "anti-imperialist" Republican Congress, an initiative of a left split from the Irish Republican Army. From 1936 he was active, alongside Betty Sinclair, Macgougan and other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Halley
Russell Halley (5 October 1862 – 6 July 1909) was a Scottish-born New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1886 to 1891. Personal life Halley was born in Dundee. After he migrated to New Zealand he was a frequent performer as a bass soloist in concerts in Christchurch. He worked as a sales representative for the firm of Sargood, Son and Ewen in Christchurch for 17 years before moving in 1898 to the firm of Bing, Harris and Co, who transferred him to Wellington around 1901. He died at the age of 46 at his home in the southern Wellington suburb of Island Bay, leaving a widow, Bessie, and five children. Cricket career A left-arm medium-pace bowler, at the beginning of his career in Christchurch club cricket Halley was described as a promising bowler who "bowls left hand round the wicket, delivers right at the end of the crease, and, moreover, breaks back a good bit". In a senior club match for Addington in December 1884, when one of the oppositi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Halley
Rufus Halley (1944 - 28 August 2001) was a Roman Catholic priest of the Missionary Society of St. Columban who spent more than 20 years promoting ecumenical dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Asia. A native of Killoteran, County Waterford, Ireland, he was appointed to the Philippines shortly after his ordination to the priesthood in 1969, living with and ministering to the rural poor. In 1980, he moved to Mindanao in the south of the Philippines and volunteered to engage in dialogue with local Muslims. In a bid to break down the mutual distrust and mistrust, Halley integrated with both Christian and Muslim communities by learning two local languages (one of which being Maranao) and worked for many years in a store owned by a Muslim selling rice and corn. Halley fought for the rights of oppressed Muslims, who were being targeted by the Philippine Army. Death On 28 August 2001, Halley was travelling by motorcycle to attend the wedding of a poor local couple when he was am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolph Halley
Rudolph Halley (June 19, 1913 – November 19, 1956) was an attorney and politician from New York City. Early life and career Born in Harrison, New York and raised in the South Bronx, Halley graduated from Townsend Harris High School at age 14, and was forced to wait until age 16 to enroll at Columbia University, from which he graduated with a ''Juris Doctor'' at age 20. After waiting until his twenty-first birthday to become eligible to pass the bar examination, he went into private practice. Fulton, Rowe & Hart LLP was formed in 1946 by Hugh Fulton, Rudolph Halley, and Henry G. Walter, Jr. Mr. Fulton was executive assistant to the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1938 to 1941. Mr. Fulton and Mr. Halley were members of the 1941 U.S. Senate Special Truman Committee, created to investigate the national defense program (Mr. Fulton was its chief counsel), and the 1950 U.S. Senate Special Kefauver Committee, created to investigate crime in interstate commerce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Halley (politician)
Robert Halley (20 October 1935 – 10 January 2021) was a French politician and businessman. Biography In 1961, Halley, alongside his father, Paul-Auguste, and his brother, Paul-Louis, founded the retail group Promodès, where he would spend his entire career. Following a merger with Carrefour, the Halley family became its first shareholder. Following the accidental death of his brother in 2003, Halley became his family's sole representative on Carrefour's management board. In 2007, after Colony Capital and the acquired a stake in Carrefour, he replaced Luc Vandevelde as head of the supervisory board. However, the shareholders' agreement was modified in April 2008, and he lost his position as first shareholder and his seat on the supervisory board, when Bernard Arnault took over. In 2009, according to ''Challenges'', he was the 11th richest French man, with a net worth of 2.769 billion euros. From 1978 to 2001, Halley served as Mayor of Les Moutiers-Hubert. He oversaw the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Halley
Robert Halley (13 August 1796 – 18 August 1876) was an English Congregational minister and abolitionist. He was noted for his association with the politics of Repeal of the Corn Laws, and became Classical Tutor at Highbury College and Principal of New College, St John's Wood, London. Early life Robert Halley was born in Blackheath near London in 1796. His father, Robert Halley senior, was the younger son of a farming family, and had moved south from Perthshire, Scotland, in his youth to make his own way in life, living for a while as head gardener to a family in Dorset, and then becoming a nurseryman at Blackheath. Halley's mother was Ann Bellows of Bere Regis, Dorset. She died whilst Robert was very young and he was sent to Dorset to live with his maternal uncle, though returning a few years later to Blackheath to attend Maze Hill School and then, in 1810, begin working for his father as a nurseryman. In 1811, his father married for a second time. Shortly after, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Halley
Rich Halley (born November 25, 1947 in Portland, Oregon) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and composer. He has released 24 recordings as a leader. As Down Beat described him: “Oregon-based saxophonist Rich Halley has been turning out smart brawny music for a couple of decades”. All About Jazz called his music “a sublime balance of the cerebral and visceral”. Early life Rich Halley is the son of Richard Halley Sr., an economics professor at Portland State University, and Libby Anne Halley, a reading and special education teacher. Growing up, he spent much of his time hiking, camping, hunting and fishing, and at an early age developed a lifelong passion for nature and the outdoors. At 15, he discovered jazz, and immediately became intensely interested in the music. Halley began playing clarinet at age 11 and tenor saxophone at age 15. Early career Halley started playing in big bands and small jazz groups while he was in high school. Between 1965 and 1966 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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