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Harley (given Name)
Harley is a unisex given name. The name is derived from the Old English words ''hara'' meaning hare, and ''leah,'' meaning wood or clearing and meadow in later development of the language. The name Harley means "hare's meadow". Harley first became popular in the year 1880, where it was the 180th most popular masculine given name in the United States, the name first became popular as a feminine given name in 1991, and became the 667th most popular feminine given name during that year. Academics * Harley Flanders (1925–2013), an American mathematician * Harley Rutledge (1926–2006), an American physics professor and ufologist Artists * Harley Parker (1915–1992), a Canadian artist, designer, curator, professor and scholar * Harley Schwadron, an American cartoonist * Harley Refsal, an American artist and woodcarver Performers * Harley Allen (born 1956), an American country singer and songwriter * Harley Alexander-Sule (born 1991), English singer in Rizzle Kicks * Harl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Flanders
Harley M. Flanders (September 13, 1925 – July 26, 2013) was an American mathematician, known for several textbooks and contributions to his fields: algebra and algebraic number theory, linear algebra, electrical networks, scientific computing. Life Flanders was a sophomore calculus student of Lester R. Ford at the Illinois Institute of Technology and asked for more challenging reading. Ford recommended ''A Course in Mathematical Analysis'' by Edouard Goursat, translated by Earle Hedrick, which included challenging exercises. Flanders recalled in 2001 that the final exercise required a proof of a formula for the derivatives of a composite function, generalizing the chain rule, in a form now called the Faa di Bruno formula.H. Flanders (2001) "From Ford to Faa", American Mathematical Monthly 108(6): 558–61 Flanders received his bachelors (1946), masters (1947) and PhD (1949) at the University of Chicago on the dissertation ''Unification of class field theory'' advised by Ott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Frank
Harley Frank is a member of the Kainai Nation in southern Alberta, Canada. Frank has held a number of notable positions within the Kainai Nation's administration, including being elected Chief, in 1992. Frank v. Bottle Frank was elected Chief of the Kainai Nation in 1992. Although he was elected other members of the band council worked to get him removed from office. The legal battle was heard in Canada's federal court, in Frank v. Bottle. The court ruled in Frank's favor. But he decided to step aside. The publication '' Wind Speaker'' noted: September 15, 1999 conviction On September 26, 1996 Frank shipped half a truckload of Barley, that had been grown on his Reserve, in a native owned truck, to a buyer in the nearby Blackfoot Reservation in Montana. Frank was charged with exporting grain without a valid export license. Frank was convicted, and received an absolute discharge, on September 15, 1999. Garry Brietkreuz, a Canadian Member of Parliament A member of parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Payne
Harley Fenwick Payne (January 8, 1868 – December 29, 1935), was a professional baseball player who played pitcher for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms The Brooklyn Dodgers were a Major League Baseball team founded in 1884 as a member of the American Association before joining the National League in 1890. They remained in Brooklyn until 1957, after which the club moved to Los Angeles, Califor ... and Pittsburgh Pirates from 1896 to 1899. External links 1868 births 1935 deaths Major League Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Ohio Brooklyn Bridegrooms players Pittsburgh Pirates players People from Ashtabula County, Ohio Youngstown Giants players Peoria Distillers players Kansas City Blues (baseball) players Kansas City Cowboys (minor league) players Marinette Badgers players Albany Senators players Allentown Buffaloes players Syracuse Stars (minor league baseball) players Rochester Browns players Toronto Canucks players {{US-baseball-pitcher-1860s- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley McCollum
Harley Raymond McCollum (February 28, 1916 – June 7, 1984) was an American football tackle in the All-America Football Conference (AAFC) for the New York Yankees and Chicago Rockets. He played college football at Tulane University and was selected in the sixth round of the 1942 NFL Draft by the Washington Redskins The Washington Commanders are a professional American football team based in the Washington metropolitan area. The Commanders compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) N .... References 1916 births 1984 deaths American football tackles Chicago Rockets players El Toro Flying Marines football players New York Yankees (AAFC) players Tulane Green Wave football players All-American college football players Players of American football from Tulsa, Oklahoma {{offensive-lineman-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Marques Silva
Harley Marques Silva (born 6 July 1974 in Rio de Janeiro) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil. Team Harley – Pedro, was placed as #5 on the international Olympic ranking for the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did not qualify because of the two teams per country rule. Harley – Pedro was ranked as #2 on the beach volley world ranking per 21 July 2008, and #1 per 4 August and 17 November 2008. Playing partners * Pedro Solberg Salgado * Benjamin Insfran * Franco Neto Franco José Vieira Neto (born November 11, 1966 in Fortaleza, Ceará) is a beach volleyball player from Brazil, who won the bronze medal in the men's beach team competition at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, partnering ... * Rogerio Ferreira * Alison Cerutti * Luizao Correa * Fred Souza References * 1974 births Living people Brazilian men's beach volleyball players Volleyball players from Rio de Janeiro (city) 21st-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-voll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Lewis
Harley Lewis (born May 5, 1974) is an American professional wrestler and shoot fighter who competes for independent promotions in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Japan. He has had successful stints in the United States Wrestling Association, International World Class Championship Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance, Phoenix Championship Wrestling, Mid-Eastern Wrestling Federation, and the World Wide Wrestling Alliance. During the 1990s, he was a member of The Mistfits with Derek Domino and Lupus and held several tag team titles with them in various NWA-affiliated promotions and elsewhere on the independent circuit. Lewis has also competed internationally wrestling in Big Japan Pro Wrestling and the World Wrestling Council holding the WWC Puerto Rico Heavyweight Championship in late 1999. He is also the longest reigning holder of the PCW Heavyweight Championship holding the title for 14-months before losing to The Wall in 2003. Among his appearances include t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NWA All-Star Wrestling
NWA All Star Wrestling (sometimes referred to as NWA Vancouver) is a Canadian professional wrestling promotion, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. All-Star Wrestling folded in 1989 but returned in 2007 no longer affiliated with the National Wrestling Alliance Mark Vellios is the current owner. History Early history Although other wrestling promotions existed in Vancouver prior to the early 1960s (particularly a predecessor of All Star's called ''Big Time Wrestling''), All Star (an affiliate of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) for most of its existence) became the longest-lived and perhaps best-remembered of all promotions operating in the Vancouver area before or since. The promotion began coming into its own around the time CHAN-TV began broadcasting their TV program (also called ''All Star Wrestling'') in 1962, when Gene Kiniski arrived in Vancouver and became a regular on the roster. At the time All Star began, the NWA British Empire heavyweight title was the top sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Hisner
Harley Parnell Hisner (November 6, 1926 – March 20, 2015) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played in one game for the Boston Red Sox during the 1951 season. Listed at , , he batted and threw right-handed. In 1943, Hisner was the number two starter for City Light, a semipro baseball team in Fort Wayne, Indiana, that also included future Major League Baseball (MLB) pitchers Scott Cary and Ned Garver. In his only MLB appearance, Hisner started the final game of the 1951 season for Boston against the New York Yankees. In six innings pitched, he gave up three earned runs, four bases on balls and seven hits, with three strikeouts — two of them being against Mickey Mantle, then a rookie. He was the losing pitcher (the Yanks' Spec Shea hurled a 3–0 shutout for the BoSox' ninth consecutive defeat) and Hisner never again appeared in a Major League game. In that same game, Hisner gave up Joe DiMaggio's last regular season hit. On April 20, 2012 Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Dillinger
Harley Hugh Dillinger (October 30, 1894 – January 8, 1959), nicknamed "Hoke", was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He played for the Cleveland Naps from August 16, 1914, to October 3, 1914. He went to school at the University of Rio Grande and later managed the Paducah Indians of the Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League The Kentucky–Illinois–Tennessee League (or ''KITTY League'') was a Class D level minor league baseball circuit that went through six different periods of play between 1903 and 1955. The League hosted teams in 29 cities from the states of Ill ... for part of the 1922 season. External links 1894 births 1959 deaths Cleveland Naps players Major League Baseball pitchers Rio Grande RedStorm baseball players Ironton Nailers players Cleveland Spiders (minor league) players London Tecumsehs (baseball) players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players Fort Worth Panthers players Minor league baseball managers People from Pom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Boss
Elmer Harley Boss (November 19, 1908 – May 15, 1964) was a Major League Baseball first baseman who played for four seasons. He played for the Washington Senators from 1928 to 1930 and the Cleveland Indians in 1933. He played college baseball for Louisiana Tech. He was inducted into the Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame The Louisiana Tech University Athletic Hall of Fame was established in 1984 to honor student-athletes, coaches, administrators, and benefactors who have been highly successful at Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tec ... in 1989. Harley Boss settled in Nashville TN and was in the insurance business. He was the head coach of the Vanderbilt University varsity baseball team for the 1960, 1961, 1963, and 1964 seasons. He was a knowledgeable and colorful manager. He was "old school" in the mode of Casey Stengel. He died shortly after the end of the 1964 season. Several of his players were pall bearers. External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley O
Harley may refer to: People * Harley (given name) * Harley (surname) Places * Harley, Ontario, a township in Canada * Harley, Brant County, Ontario, Canada * Harley, Shropshire, England * Harley, South Yorkshire, England * Harley Street, in London, England Other * Harley-Davidson, an American motorcycle manufacturer ** Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.), a club for Harley-Davidson motorcycle owners * Harley Benton Guitars, a brand name created by German music instrument retailer Thomann * ''Harley Lyrics'', a 14th-century collection of poems * ''Harley Street'' (TV series), a British television medical drama * Harley Collection, a collection of manuscripts in the British Library * The Harley School, a school in Rochester, New York * Harley Psalter, an 11th-century illustrated manuscript See also * Harley Quinn (other) * * Harly Harly () is a commune in the Aisne department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is located in the valley of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harley Orrin Staggers
Harley Orrin Staggers Sr. (August 3, 1907 – August 20, 1991) was an American politician who served 16 terms in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1981, representing West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District as a Democrat. From 1966 until his retirement in 1981, Congressman Staggers chaired the powerful House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (today the Committee on Energy and Commerce). A longtime supporter of the American railroad industry and its workers, Congressman Staggers' landmark legislative achievement was the Staggers Rail Act, passed in 1980. Career Staggers was born on August 3, 1907, in Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia; he graduated from Emory and Henry College in 1931 and did graduate work at Duke University. Staggers served as sheriff of Mineral County from 1937 to 1941. He served as a navigator in the U.S. Naval Air Corps during World War II. In 1948, Staggers was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, representin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |