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Maling (surname) (1778–1849), Royal Navy officer
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Maling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Arthur Maling (1923–2013), American writer * George Allan Maling (1888–1929), English doctor and recipient of the Victoria Cross * Harriet Florence Maling (1918–1987), American pharmacologist * Joan Maling, American linguist * John Allan Maling (1920–2012), British soldier of the Second World War who won the Military Cross * John Darwin Maling (1915–2009), British Indian Army officer * Simon Maling (born 1975), New Zealand rugby player * Thomas James Maling Thomas James Maling (15 July 1778 – 22 January 1849) was a Royal Navy officer, a captain during Napoleonic Wars and later promoted to Rear-Admiral. Biography He was the son of Christopher Thompson Maling, DL, of Worcestershire, and scion of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Maling
Arthur Gordon Maling (June 11, 1923 – October 24, 2013) was an American writer of crime and thriller novels. He graduated from Francis W. Parker School, Chicago in 1940; in 1944 he received a B.A. from Harvard University. In the Second World War Maling was an ensign in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1945. From 1945 to 1946 he was a reporter for ''The San Diego Journal''. After 1946, he worked as an executive manager for Maling Brothers, a retail shoe chain. Bibliography Brock Potter Series * ''Ripoff'' (1976) * ''Schroeder's Game'' (1977) * ''Lucky Devil'' (1978) * ''Koberg Link'' (1979) * ''A Taste of Treason'' (1983) Other novels * ''Decoy'' (1969) * ''Go-Between'' (UK Title: ''Lambert's Son'') (1970) * ''Loophole'' (1971) * ''The Snowman'' (1973) * ''Dingdong'' (1974) * ''Bent Man'' (1975) * ''Mystery Writer's Choice'' (1978) * ''The Rheingold Route'' (1979); Winner of the Edgar Award The Edgar Allan Poe Awards, popularly called the Edgars, are presented every year by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Allan Maling
George Allan Maling VC (6 October 1888 – 9 July 1929) was an English medical doctor and recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. Early life Descended from the Maling pottery family, Maling was born at Carlton House in Bishopwearmouth, County Durham (now part of Sunderland), the youngest of nine children of Edwin Allan Maling (1838–1920), a general practitioner, and his wife Maria Jane, née Hartley (1847–1932). His paternal grandmother was a first cousin of Sir Henry Havelock. His mother's family originated from Scotland and had established a glassmaking business in Sunderland in the 1830s. Maling was educated at Uppingham School and graduated with honours in natural sciences from Exeter College, Oxford. He continued his studies at St Thomas' Hospital, qualifying MB BCh in 1914, then MRCS and LRCP in 1915. After the initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Florence Maling
Harriet Florence Maling (née Mylander, October 2, 1918 – March 1987) was an American pharmacologist. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Goucher College in 1940. She went to Harvard Medical School to continue her studies, earning a PhD in 1944. Her focus of study involved the physiology of the heart, the effects of various drugs upon the heart and on the autonomic and sympathetic nervous systems, experimenting with artificially created myocardial infarction. Her daughter Joan Maling is a linguist and past president of the Linguistic Society of America The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) is a learned society for the field of linguistics. Founded in New York City in 1924, the LSA works to promote the scientific study of language. The society publishes three scholarly journals: ''Language'', .... References 1918 births 1987 deaths American pharmacologists Goucher College alumni Harvard Medical School faculty Women pharmacologists National Institutes of Health f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joan Maling
Joan Maling is an American linguist and a former program director at the National Science Foundation. Her primary research expertise is in the syntax of Icelandic. Her mother was Harriet Florence Maling. Maling earned a BA from Goucher College and a PhD in linguistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1973). She taught at Brandeis University from 1972 until she joined the National Science Foundation in 2003. She is professor emerita at Brandeis University. Maling was a founding co-editor (1983–1986) and then editor-in-chief (1987–2003) of the linguistics journal ''Natural Language and Linguistic Theory''. She is a past president of the Linguistic Society of America The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) is a learned society for the field of linguistics. Founded in New York City in 1924, the LSA works to promote the scientific study of language. The society publishes three scholarly journals: ''Language'', ... (2014). Maling retired from the Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Allan Maling
John Allan Maling MC (13 February 1920 – 16 December 2012) was a British Army officer during the Second World War who won the Military Cross for his action in Algeria. Ordered to defend a strategically important road junction, Maling and his platoon destroyed a number of German tanks and killed 40-50 of the enemy at a cost of only one casualty on their side. After the war he trained as a doctor at St Thomas's Hospital, and then worked as a general practitioner in Tunbridge Wells. '' The Telegraph'', 7 January 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015. He was the son of |
John Darwin Maling
Lieutenant Colonel John Darwin Maling DSO MC (2 February 1915 – 16 March 2009) was a New Zealand born British Indian Army officer during the Second World War. Early life Maling was born in Timaru, New Zealand and educated at Christ's College, Christchurch.Lt-Col John Maling. '' The Telegraph'', 6 April 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2015. He then attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned in 1935. Military career He served for a year with 1st Battalion,[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Maling
Thomas Simon Maling (born 3 June 1975) is a retired New Zealand rugby union footballer and former All Black. His usual playing position was at lock. He played for most of his rugby career in New Zealand for the Otago Highlanders and the All Blacks from 1996 - 2004 before heading overseas to London to play part of one season at Harlequins in 2004 before heading to Japan. He joined the Scarlets at the start of the 2008–09 European season, leaving Suntory Sungoliath in Japan, where he played for three years from 2005 to 2008. In mid-2009, at age 34, Maling hung up his boots and retired from rugby and returned to his native New Zealand to live. Early life Maling was born 3 June 1975 in Christchurch, New Zealand. He grew up in Cashmere, Christchurch and attended Christ's College where he excelled at both rowing and rugby union. Upon finishing school he moved to Dunedin to study at the University of Otago. As a student at the University of Otago he shared a flat with fellow form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
