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Harley (surname)
Harley is a surname, and may refer to * Albert Harley, English footballer * Alex Harley (1936–1969), A Scottish professional footballer * Bill Harley, children's entertainer * Bob Harley (1888–1958), a former top Canadian soccer player from the 1920s * Brilliana Harley, letter writer and a figure in the English Civil War * Chic Harley, Ohio State football player 1916–1919 * David Harley, English security commentator, author, and musician * Dick Harley (1872–1952), a Major League Baseball player * Edward Harley (Parliamentarian) (1624–1700), father of the 1st Earl of Oxford * Edward Harley (1664–1735), his second son * Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, (1689–1741) * Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer, (1699–1755), son of Edward Harley (1664–1735) * Edwin Harley (1849–?), minstrel show actor * Frank Harley, a former Australian rules footballer * George Way Harley (1894–1966), an American Methodist medical missionary to Gant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Harley
Albert George Harley (17 April 1940 – June 1993) was an English footballer who played as a wing half in the Football League for Shrewsbury Town, Swansea Town, Crewe Alexandra, Stockport County and Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca .... References 1940 births 1993 deaths Sportspeople from Chester Association football wing halves English footballers Shrewsbury Town F.C. players Swansea City A.F.C. players Crewe Alexandra F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Chester City F.C. players Connah's Quay Nomads F.C. players English Football League players {{England-footy-midfielder-1940s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Way Harley
George Way Harley (8 August 1894 – 7 November 1966) was an American Methodist medical missionary. He spent 35 years in Ganta, Liberia, where he established Ganta Hospital, a school and a church. He was known for his research into the local culture, and received many honors from the Liberian government and from American and British institutions. Major collections of ceremonial masks purchased by Harley in Liberia are held in the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard University and the Anthropology Department of the College of William & Mary. Early years George Way Harley was born in Asheville, North Carolina on 8 August 1894 to George Gamewell Harley (1862–1925), a Methodist minister, and Lillie Way Harley. Harley wanted to become a missionary from an early age. He was raised in Brevard, Bessemer City, Norwood and Concord. He attended Trinity College (now Duke University) in Durham, North Carolina, and graduated with a B.A. in 1916. He was a high school teach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Pritt Harley
John Pritt Harley (February 1786 – 22 August 1858) was an English actor known for his comic acting and singing. Early years Harley was the son of John Harley, a draper and silk mercer, and his wife Elizabeth. He was baptised in the parish church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, on 5 March 1786. At the age of fifteen, he was apprenticed to a linendraper in Ludgate Hill. While there, he befriended William Oxberry, who later became a well-known actor. Together, they appeared in 1802 in amateur theatricals at the Berwick Street private theatre. Harley was next employed as a clerk to Windus & Holloway, attorneys, in Chancery Lane. In 1806, and following years he acted in provincial theatres in England. At Southend, where he remained for some time, he acquired thorough training in his profession. He became popular for his comic singing, and being extremely thin, he became known as ‘Fat Jack.’ From 1812 to 1814 he was in the north of England. After this, obtaining a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harley (Dean)
John Harley (29 September 1728 – 7 January 1788) was a British bishop. Harley was the second son of Edward Harley, 3rd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1747, graduating B.A. 1749, M.A. 1752, B.D. & D.D. 1778. He was Archdeacon of Shropshire from 1760 to 1769 and then Archdeacon of Hereford from 1769 to 1787. He was Dean of Windsor, Registrar of the Order of the Garter and briefly, at the end of his life, the Bishop of Hereford before his death aged 59 in 1788. His son Edward (by his wife Roach Vaughan, daughter of Gwynne Vaughan of Trebarry, Radnorshire) succeeded Harley's elder brother (Edward) as 5th Earl of Oxford. References 1728 births 1788 deaths Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Younger sons of earls Archdeacons of Shropshire Archdeacons of Hereford Deans of Windsor Bishops of Hereford 18th-century Church of England bishops John John is a common English name and surname: * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Harley (16th-century Bishop)
John Harley (died 1558) was an English bishop of Hereford. A strong Protestant, he was praised in verse by John Leland. Life He was probably born at Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, according to Browne Willis. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, of which he was probationer-fellow from 1537 to 1542. He graduated B.A. on 5 July 1536, and M.A. on 4 June 1540. :s:Harley, John (DNB00) He was master of Magdalen School from 1542 to August 1548, when he became chaplain to John Dudley, 1st Earl of Warwick, and tutor to his children. During Lent 1547 he preached at St. Peter's-in-the-East, Oxford, a sermon against the pope. It alarmed the university authorities, and Harley was hastily summoned to London to be examined on a charge of heresy; but when the king's views became known he was speedily liberated. He became rector of Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire, on 9 May 1550, being then B.D. and vicar of Kidderminster in the same county, and incumbent of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brian Harley
(John) Brian Harley ( – ) was a geographer, cartographer, and map historian at the universities of Birmingham, Liverpool, Exeter and Wisconsin–Milwaukee. He helped found the History of Cartography Project and was the founding co-editor of the resulting The History of Cartography. In recent years, Harley's work has gained broad prominence among geographers and social theorists, and it has contributed greatly to the emerging discipline of critical cartography. Biography Harley was born in Ashley, Gloucestershire. From 1943 to 1950 he attended Brewood Grammar School near Wolverhampton. After national service Harley gained a place at Birmingham University in 1952. After gaining his Dip Ed from University College, Oxford in 1956, he returned to Birmingham, gaining a PhD in 1960 for work on the historical geography of medieval Warwickshire.Paul Laxton, ''Harley, (John) Brian (1932–1991)'', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 Harley married Amy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Harley
James Harley (21 February 1917 – 7 September 1989) was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool. Life and playing career Born in Methil, Fife, Harley played for Hearts of Beath before George Patterson brought him to Liverpool in April 1934. His debut came 28 September 1935 in a First Division match at Anfield against West Bromwich Albion. Liverpool won the match 5–0; Harley did not score. Harley never really established himself at first but he stayed loyal to the club and got his chance during the 1937–38 season, missing ten of the 47 fixtures, he was even swapped over to the left-back berth when Liverpool brought Tom Cooper into the starting line-up. Harley carried on in much the same way with 27 appearances in 45 matches, yet again he started the three opening games of the 1939–40 and probably would have carried on playing in either of the full-back roles if it were not for the outbreak of the Second World War curtailing the careers of Harley and his peers. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Harley
''Homestuck'' is a webcomic written, illustrated, and animated by Andrew Hussie as part of ''MS Paint Adventures'' (''MSPA''). The webcomic centers on a group of teenagers who unwittingly bring about the end of the world through the installation of a beta copy of an upcoming computer game. ''Homestuck'' features a complex story and a large cast of characters, starring the four children John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Dave Strider, and Jade Harley. Hussie invented an alien species, called trolls, that have a unique culture. ''Homestuck'' characters are particularly popular to cosplay at anime conventions. According to Lauren Rae Orsini writing for ''The Daily Dot'', there existed 128 named characters in ''Homestuck'' in September 2012, with more still being introduced. The cast of ''Homestuck'' features a large quantity of LGBT characters, and a major theme of the webcomic is the multitude of characters that die throughout the story. Kids Beta kids The first few acts of ''Homestu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrietta Harley, Countess Of Oxford And Mortimer
Henrietta Harley, Countess of Oxford and Countess Mortimer (''née'' Lady Henrietta Cavendish Holles; 11 February 1694 – 9 December 1755) was an English noblewoman, the only child and heiress of John Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle and his wife, the former Lady Margaret Cavendish, daughter of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Her hand was sought in marriage even in her youth as a means of alliance with her powerful father. Suitors included the Intendant of the Court of a Count of the Holy Roman Empire in December 1703, the Elector of Hanover's son (later George I of Great Britain) in June 1706, the Duke of Somerset's son Lord Hertford in 1707–1711, Count Nassau in 1709, and finally Lord Danby (grandson of Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds) in 1711, before her father settled on Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer. They were married on 31 August 1713, at Wimpole Hall. She brought, through inheritance, Welbeck Abbey in Nottinghamshire, Bolsover Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heidi Harley
Heidi Britton Harley (born September 26, 1969) is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. Her areas of specialization are formal syntactic theory, morphology, and lexical semantics. Career Harley was born in Oregon, but was raised in St. John's, Newfoundland. She earned her B.A. in Linguistics and English at Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1991. She received her Ph.D. in Linguistics and Philosophy in 1995 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under the supervision of Alec Marantz. Harley is one of the main researchers working in the theory of Distributed morphology. She has published over thirty articles on morphological theory, syntax, and semantics, including articles in the journals ''Language'', ''Linguistic Inquiry'', ''Lingua'', ''Morphology Yearbook'', and '' Studia Linguistica.'' She is the editor of three volumes of collected papers, the editor of two special issues of journals, and is the author of a textbook on morphological theory (Harle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Harley
Harry Cruickshank Harley (4 June 1926 – 27 September 2014) was a Canadian politician who served as Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was a physician by career. Political career Harley was first elected at the Halton riding in the 1962 general election, narrowly defeating the incumbent Charles Alexander Best in a result where the armed services vote swung over to the Liberals. He was subsequently re-elected in 1963 and 1965. After completing his term in the 27th Canadian Parliament in 1968, Harley left federal politics and did not seek further re-election. His departure was said to be for personal reasons only, and not because of Pierre Elliott Trudeau Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau ( , ; October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000), also referred to by his initials PET, was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and ... winning the Liberal leadership. Electoral re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberia
Liberia (), officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. It is bordered by Sierra Leone to Liberia–Sierra Leone border, its northwest, Guinea to its north, Ivory Coast to its east, and the Atlantic Ocean to its south and southwest. It has a population of around 5 million and covers an area of . English is the official language, but over 20 indigenous languages are spoken, reflecting the country's ethnic and cultural diversity. The country's capital and largest city is Monrovia. Liberia began in the early 19th century as a project of the American Colonization Society (ACS), which believed black people would face better chances for freedom and prosperity in Africa than in the United States. Between 1822 and the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, more than 15,000 freed and free-born black people who faced social and legal oppression in the U.S., along with 3,198 Afro-Caribbeans, relocated to Liberia. Gradually developing an Americo- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
