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Lindley (given Name)
Lindley is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Lindley Beckworth (1913–1984), U.S. Representative from Texas * Lindley Bothwell (1901–1986), American citrus grower and automobile collector * Lindley Darden (born 1945), American philosopher of science * Lindley DeVecchio (born 1940), former FBI agent * Lindley Evans (1895–1982), Australian pianist and composer * Lindley Fraser (1904–1963), Scottish broadcaster and economist * Lindley H. Hadley (1861–1948), U.S. Representative from Washington State * Lindley Miller Garrison (1864–1932), American lawyer and U.S. Secretary of War * Lindley Jenkins (born 1954), English footballer *Lindley Johnson (1854—1937), American architect * Lindley Murray (1745–1826), American lawyer and grammarian * Lindley Murray Hoag (1808–1880), American Quaker missionary * Lindley Murray Moore (1788–1871), American abolitionist and educator * Lindley Naismith, New Zealand architect *Spike Jones (1911–1965), bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Beckworth
Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr. (June 30, 1913 – March 9, 1984) was an American judge and politician who served as a United States representative from Texas and a judge of the United States Customs Court. Education and career Born on June 30, 1913, on a farm in the South Bouie community of Mabank, Kaufman County, Texas, Beckworth attended the rural schools of his home county, then attended Abilene Christian College, East Texas State Teachers College, Commerce, Texas, Sam Houston State Teachers College (now Sam Houston State University), and Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. He was a teacher in Upshur County, Texas from 1932 to 1936. He was admitted to the bar in 1937 and commenced practice in Gilmer, Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from 1936 to 1938. He was a United States representative from Texas from 1939 to 1953 and again from 1957 to 1967. He was in private practice in Longview, Texas from 1954 to 1958. Congressional service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Johnson
Lindley Johnson (January 18, 1854February 27, 1937) was a noted Philadelphia architect. Johnson was born in the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended Germantown Academy before graduating from the University of Pennsylvania in 1875. He went on to be trained at École des Beaux-Arts for three years. Johnson spent one year in the office of Frank Furness Frank Heyling Furness (November 12, 1839 - June 27, 1912) was an American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often unordinarily scaled b ..., another noted Philadelphia architect before starting his own firm. He was one of the founders of Philadelphia's T-Square Club. Notable buildings *Designed than 20 commissions on Grindstone Neck, Winter Harbor, Maine. Including the Winter Harbor Yacht Club, the Episcopal Church, and The Grindstone Inn. * Princeton Club at 1221 Locust Street, Philad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Jones Jr
Spike, spikes, or spiking may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Books * ''The Spike'' (novel), a novel by Arnaud de Borchgrave * ''The Spike'' (book), a nonfiction book by Damien Broderick * ''The Spike'', a starship in Peter F. Hamilton's '' The Evolutionary Void'' Comics * ''Spike'' (DC Thomson) a British comics anthology published by DC Thomson * ''Spike'' (IDW Publishing), a comic book series featuring the ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' character Film and television * ''Spike'' (2008 film), directed by Robert Beaucage * Spike (dog), a dog actor * Spike (TV channel), a former name of the American cable network Paramount Network **5Spike, a former localized British version of the American channel ** Spike (Australian TV channel), a localized version of the American channel ** Spike (Dutch TV channel), a localized version of the American channel * "Spike!", a segment of the 2017 Thai TV series '' Project S: The Series'' Music * ''Spike'' (Agata album), 2004 * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Jones
Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (December 14, 1911 – May 1, 1965) was an American musician and bandleader specializing in spoof arrangements of popular songs and classical music. Ballads receiving the Jones treatment were punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, hiccups, burps, and outlandish and comedic vocals. Jones and his band recorded under the title Spike Jones and His City Slickers from the early 1940s to the mid-1950s, and toured the United States and Canada as "The Musical Depreciation Revue". Biography Lindley Armstrong Jones was born in Long Beach, California, the son of Ada (Armstrong) and Lindley Murray Jones, a Southern Pacific railroad agent. Young Lindley Jones was given the nickname 'Spike' for being so thin that he was compared to a railroad spike. At the age of 11 he got his first set of drums. As a teenager he played in bands that he formed himself; Jones' first band was called Spike Jones and his Five Tacks. A railroad restaurant chef taught him how ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Naismith
Lindley Rae Naismith is a New Zealand architect. She established Scarlet Architects and went on to co-create the Scarlet Prize in Architecture. Naismith has performed the role of judge for the New Zealand Home of the Year Award as well as the New Zealand Institute of Architects, Te Kahui Wahaihanga New Zealand Institute of Architects awards. She is a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and in 2017 won the Munro Diversity Award at the Architecture + Women NZ Dulux Awards. Early life and education Naismith grew up in Whangārei with three siblings. Her father was a mariner at Northport, New Zealand, Northport and her mother had been a nurse before her marriage. Naismith studied architecture at the University of Auckland, graduating in 1982. Career Her first job was at the Auckland Regional Authority, followed by positions in small architectural firms. In 1987, she opened her own practice, Lindley Naismith: Naismith Architects. Naismith shared an office with fello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Murray Moore
Lindley Murray Moore (May 31, 1788 in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, Canada – August 14, 1871, in Rochester, New York, US) was a Canadian-American abolitionist, and educator. Early life Born into a Quaker family that had been forced to flee their Rahway, New Jersey home during the American Revolution, he was named after the renowned grammarian, Lindley Murray, who "befriended is father Samuel Moore in the difficulties growing out of the war." The family re-visited N.J. in 1810, and Lindley Murray Moore stayed there while his father and siblings continued on to Upper Canada ( Ontario). He and his wife, Abigail Lydia Mott, opened a Quaker school in Rahway, N.J. soon after they were married 1813. In 1815, they moved to New York City to take charge of a school under the auspices of the Friends Monthly Meeting. By 1820, they had opened their own boarding school for boys first in Flushing, and then in Westchester Village, NY. In 1831, Lindley and Abigail bought a farm i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Murray Hoag
Lindley Murray Hoag (September 29, 1808 – November 1880) was a Quaker missionary and minister.''Past and Present of Hardin County, Iowa'' by William J. Moir. B.F. Bowen & Co. 1911, pp. 396-400 Hoag is known for purportedly having had a vision of a place by a lake in . He travelled there and gathered with Friends (Quakers) at meetings. He recruited about 40 to move to the United States. He also travelled extensively in other areas of the U.S. and to Europe on missionary trips. He was the son of and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Murray
Lindley Murray (7 June 1745 – 16 February 1826) was an American Quaker lawyer, writer and grammarian, best known for his English-language grammar books used in schools in England and the United States. Early life Lindley Murray was born at Harper Tavern, Pennsylvania, on 7 June 1745. His father, Robert Murray, a member of an old Quaker family, was one of the leading New York merchants. Murray was the eldest of twelve children, all of whom he survived, although he was puny and delicate in childhood. When six years old, he was sent to school in Philadelphia, but soon left to accompany his parents to North Carolina, where they lived until 1753. They then moved to New York, where Murray was sent to a good school, but proved a 'heedless boy'. Contrary to his inclinations, he was placed when only fourteen in his father's counting house. In spite of endeavors to foster in him the commercial spirit, the lad's interests were mainly concentrated in science and literature. Collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Jenkins
James Lindley Jenkins (born 6 April 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Birmingham City and Walsall. He played as a midfielder. Jenkins was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. As a boy he had trials for the England schoolboys team. When he left school in 1970 he joined Birmingham City as an apprentice, and played in the same youth team as future international players Trevor Francis and Kenny Burns. Jenkins turned professional in 1971, but had to wait until 10 November 1973 for his debut, deputising for Alan Campbell in the starting eleven for the home game against Southampton which finished as a 1–1 draw. He also played in the next game, but was given a free transfer at the end of the 1973–74 season and joined Walsall. Jenkins made three appearances in the Third Division but dropped into non-league football with Tividale Tividale is a district of the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands. It straddle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Bothwell
Lindley Bothwell (August 1, 1901 – June 19, 1986) was a prosperous Southern California orange grower, a consulting citrus agriculturalist from his Lindley Bothwell Ranch in the San Fernando Valley, and an antique automobile collector and racer. He is well known for being a founding member of the Trojan Knights, as well as a Yell Leader at the University of Southern California (USC) and for his invention of moving card stunts in stadium bleachers. He was the founder and volunteer coach of the USC Yell Leaders and Song Girls for 60 years. Student years At University of Southern California Born in Los Angeles, Lindley Bothwell entered the University of Southern California (USC) in the year 1919. His choice of school made sense: his grandfather, Dr. Walter Lindley, was the first dean of the USC School of Medicine, and his aunts founded USC's chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta There he completed both his undergraduate and master's degrees while founding many organizations and groups that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindley Miller Garrison
Lindley Miller Garrison (November 28, 1864 – October 19, 1932) was an American lawyer from New Jersey who served as Secretary of War under U.S. President Woodrow Wilson between 1913 and 1916. Biography Early years Lindley Miller Garrison was born in Camden, New Jersey, the son of the Reverend Joseph Fithian Garrison (1823-1892) and Elizabeth Vanarsdale (Grant) Garrison (1829-1903). His brother was Charles G. Garrison, an associate justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court He attended public schools and the Protestant Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at Phillips Exeter Academy for one year before attending Harvard University as a special student from 1884 to 1885. He studied law in the office of Redding, Jones & Carson of Philadelphia, received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania, and was admitted to the bar in 1886. He practiced law in Camden from 1888 to 1898 and became a partner in the firm of Garrison, McManus & Enright in Jer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
