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Perley A
Perley may refer to: People Surname * George Halsey Perley (1857–1938), American born Canadian politician and diplomat * Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?), American educator and author * William Goodhue Perley (1820–1890), businessman and member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1890 Given name * Perley G. Nutting (1873–1949), optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA). * Perley B. Johnson (1798–1870), U.S. Representative from Ohio. * Perley A. Thomas (1874–1958), Canadian-born American industrialist and entrepreneur. * Perley Keyes (1774–1834), American politician from New York * Perley Ason Ross (1883–1938), U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays. * Perley Dunn Aldrich (1863–1933), vocal teacher, composer and conductor Places Canada * Perley Bridge (1931–1998), a bridge connecting Hawkesbury, Ontario and Grenville, Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Halsey Perley
Sir George Halsey Perley (September 12, 1857 – January 4, 1938) was an Americans, American-born Canadians, Canadian politician and diplomat. Early life Born in Lebanon, New Hampshire, the son of William Goodhue Perley and Mabel E. Ticknor Stevens, Perley was educated at the Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Ottawa Grammar School, at St. Paul's School (Concord, New Hampshire), St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and at Harvard University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1878. Perley became a partner in the Perley & Pattee, a lumber company in which his father was senior partner. After Perley & Pattee dissolved in 1893, Perley became head of G.H. Perley & Co which had mills at Pointe-Calumet, Quebec and vice president of the Hull Lumber Company, Ltd., which is operating largely on the upper Ottawa. For many years, Perley was vice president of the Canada Atlantic Railway Company, Canada Atlantic Railway Co., president of the Rideau Club and president of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Elizabeth Perley
Mary Elizabeth Perley (July 2, 1863 – ?) was an American writer, professor, and poet. She taught at Tilden Ladies' Seminary, New Hampshire Conference Seminary, Tabor College, Fargo College, and the University of North Dakota. In addition to two books, she wrote poems, newspaper articles, short stories, and plays. Biography Mary (nickname, "May") Elizabeth Perley was born in Lempster, New Hampshire, July 2, 1863. Her parents were Asbury F., an active Methodist, and Sarah J. (Dodge) Perley. She had three sisters, Louise S. and Maria R. (twins) and Jennie M., and two brothers, George E. and Ben F. Perley was well-educated. She studied in the Tilden Ladies' Seminary of West Lebanon, New Hampshire, New Hampshire Conference Seminary, Tilton, New Hampshire, and Boston schools (high). She was a student in Hanover, 1890–1891; and attended summer school in the English Department at Harvard University in 1897. She studied at the University of Berlin, 1901–1902; and in 1902, gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Goodhue Perley
William Goodhue Perley (June 4, 1820 – April 1, 1890) was a Canadian businessman and member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1887 to 1890. He was born in Enfield, New Hampshire in 1820. His emigrant ancestor was Allan Perley. During the 1840s, he established a lumber business based on timber from northern New York. As high quality wood became harder to find, Perley and his partner, Gordon B. Pattee, decided to relocate to the Ottawa Valley and established sawmills near Ottawa supplying wood to the United States. With other timber interests, in 1866, he helped establish the Ottawa City Passenger Railway Company, a system of horse-drawn trams, which provided transportation for people but also moved lumber from the sawmills to ships and trains. Perley, with J.R. Booth and others, helped develop railways in the region, including the Canada Atlantic Railway and the Ottawa, Arnprior & Parry Sound Railway. He failed in an attempt to become the Liberal-Conservative Party ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perley G
Perley may refer to: People Surname * George Halsey Perley (1857–1938), American born Canadian politician and diplomat * Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?), American educator and author * William Goodhue Perley (1820–1890), businessman and member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1890 Given name * Perley G. Nutting (1873–1949), optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA). * Perley B. Johnson (1798–1870), U.S. Representative from Ohio. * Perley A. Thomas (1874–1958), Canadian-born American industrialist and entrepreneur. * Perley Keyes (1774–1834), American politician from New York * Perley Ason Ross (1883–1938), U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays. * Perley Dunn Aldrich (1863–1933), vocal teacher, composer and conductor Places Canada * Perley Bridge (1931–1998), a bridge connecting Hawkesbury, Ontario and Grenville, Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perley B
Perley may refer to: People Surname * George Halsey Perley (1857–1938), American born Canadian politician and diplomat * Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?), American educator and author * William Goodhue Perley (1820–1890), businessman and member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1890 Given name * Perley G. Nutting (1873–1949), optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA). * Perley B. Johnson (1798–1870), U.S. Representative from Ohio. * Perley A. Thomas (1874–1958), Canadian-born American industrialist and entrepreneur. * Perley Keyes (1774–1834), American politician from New York * Perley Ason Ross (1883–1938), U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays. * Perley Dunn Aldrich (1863–1933), vocal teacher, composer and conductor Places Canada * Perley Bridge (1931–1998), a bridge connecting Hawkesbury, Ontario and Grenville, Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perley A
Perley may refer to: People Surname * George Halsey Perley (1857–1938), American born Canadian politician and diplomat * Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?), American educator and author * William Goodhue Perley (1820–1890), businessman and member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1890 Given name * Perley G. Nutting (1873–1949), optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA). * Perley B. Johnson (1798–1870), U.S. Representative from Ohio. * Perley A. Thomas (1874–1958), Canadian-born American industrialist and entrepreneur. * Perley Keyes (1774–1834), American politician from New York * Perley Ason Ross (1883–1938), U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays. * Perley Dunn Aldrich (1863–1933), vocal teacher, composer and conductor Places Canada * Perley Bridge (1931–1998), a bridge connecting Hawkesbury, Ontario and Grenville, Queb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perley Keyes
Perley Keyes (February 24, 1774 in – May 13, 1834) was an American politician from New York (state), New York. Life Keyes was born in Acworth, New Hampshire, Acworth, then in Cheshire County, New Hampshire, Cheshire County, now in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, the son of Capt. William Keyes (born 1740) and Hannah (Scarborough) Keyes. On November 20, 1796, he married Lorinda White, and they had three children. They moved to Rutland, New York in 1800. Keyes was an associate judge of the Jefferson County Court in 1807, and Sheriff of Jefferson County from 1808 to 1812. He was a member of the New York State Senate (Western D.) from 1814 to 1815, sitting in the 37th New York State Legislature, 37th and 38th New York State Legislature, 38th; and (Eastern D.) from 1816 to 1817, sitting in the 39th New York State Legislature, 39th and 40th New York State Legislatures. While in the Senate, Keyes was nominated on November 18, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 9, 1814, as Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perley Ason Ross
Perley Ason Ross (6 April 1883 – 13 March 1939) was a U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays. Born in Panacea, Missouri he was awarded his PhD from Stanford University in 1911, becoming a full professor there in 1927, after a year at Cornell University. Some of his principal studies included: *Scattering of X-rays by matter; *Development of the Ross differential filter for X-ray spectroscopy; *X-ray polarization; *Compton scattering; and *Radiative Auger effect Radiative Auger effect is a decay channel of an inner-shell atomic vacancy state, in which an x-ray photon is emitted accompanying simultaneous promotion of an electron into either a bound or a continuum state. Thus the transition energy is shared b .... His daughter, Betsy, married fellow Stanford physicist William Webster Hansen.Süsskind, C. (1981) "Hansen, William Webster" in References 1883 births 1938 deaths ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perley Dunn Aldrich
Perley Dunn Aldrich (November 6, 1863 - November 20, 1933) was a vocal teacher, composer and conductor. Biography He was born on November 6, 1863, in Blackstone, Massachusetts. He married Jennie L. Lamson in 1887. He died on November 20, 1933, at age 70. He was buried in Elmwood Cemetery (Adams, New York), Elmwood Cemetery in Adams, New York. References External linksPerley Dunn Aldrich at WorldCat * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Aldrich, Perley Dunn 1863 births 1933 deaths American composers Musicians from Philadelphia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perley Bridge
The Perley Bridge was a bridge connecting Hawkesbury, Ontario and Grenville, Quebec. It crossed the Ottawa River via Chenail Island. It was named for George Halsey Perley, George Perley, Canadian Member of Parliament representing the Argenteuil (electoral district), Argenteuil district in southern Quebec. He first advocated for a crossing at Hawkesbury in 1909. The bridge was known as the Hawkesbury–Grenville Bridge, or less frequently the Grenville–Hawkesbury Bridge prior to its completion in 1931 when the name Perley was applied. It was replaced by the Long-Sault Bridge in 1998. Early history The towns began to request the bridge in 1908, with initial survey work done in 1910. The bridge was designed by 1914, however no agreement was reached between the national government and the two provinces on how the cost would be shared. The project was put aside due to World War I and not revived until 1923. By then, the design needed to be revised to meet contemporary cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perley River
Perley may refer to: People Surname * George Halsey Perley (1857–1938), American born Canadian politician and diplomat * Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?), American educator and author * William Goodhue Perley (1820–1890), businessman and member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1890 Given name * Perley G. Nutting (1873–1949), optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA). * Perley B. Johnson (1798–1870), U.S. Representative from Ohio. * Perley A. Thomas (1874–1958), Canadian-born American industrialist and entrepreneur. * Perley Keyes (1774–1834), American politician from New York * Perley Ason Ross (1883–1938), U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays. * Perley Dunn Aldrich (1863–1933), vocal teacher, composer and conductor Places Canada * Perley Bridge (1931–1998), a bridge connecting Hawkesbury, Ontario and Grenville, Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about: *one million lakes of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes; *15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 rivers. Quebec has 2% of all fresh water on the planet."''Du Québec à la Louisiane, sur les traces des Français d'Amérique'', Géo Histoire, Hors-série, Éditions Prisma, Paris, October 2006 James Bay watershed James Bay Rivers flowing into James Bay, listed from south to north * Rivière au Saumon (Baie James) * Rivière au Phoque (Baie James) * Désenclaves River * Roggan River **Corbin River ** Anistuwach River * Kapsaouis River * Piagochioui River =Tributaries of La Grande River= =Tributaries of Rupert River= =Tributaries of Broadback River= =Tributaries of Nottaway River= Tributaries of Waswanipi River (which empties in Nottaway River via Matagami Lake) Tributaries of Bell River Quebec rivers flowing in Ontario (o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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