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Soley (film)
Soley may refer to: Surname *Clive Soley, Baron Soley (born 1939), Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom * James R. Soley (1850–1911), lawyer, Naval historian, Assistant Secretary of the Navy in the U.S. Navy *Jane Soley Hamilton (1805–1897), pioneer midwife in Brookfield, Nova Scotia * Jordi Pujol i Soley (born 1930), Catalan politician * K. Soley (born 1983), Malaysian footballer who plays as a right midfielder *Richard Soley, chair and CEO of Object Management Group, Inc. * Seyfo Soley (born 1980), Gambian football (soccer) midfielder * Steve Soley (born 1971), English footballer * Tomás Enrique Soley Soler (1939–2001), Costa Rican politician Given name or mononym or nickname * Sóley (musician), a singer and pianist who also performs in the Icelandic band Seabear * Guðrún Sóley Gunnarsdóttir (born 1982), Icelandic football player who plays as a defender * Sóley (given name), the name. Title *Clive Soley, Baron Soley Clive Stafford Soley, Baron Soley ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clive Soley, Baron Soley
Clive Stafford Soley, Baron Soley (born 7 May 1939) is a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. He served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1979 to 2005, and has since then served as a Member of the House of Lords. Early life He went to Downshall Secondary Modern School (eventually ended up as Seven Kings High School) on Aldborough Road in Seven Kings near Ilford, then Newbattle Adult Education College in Newbattle, Midlothian, from 1961 to 1963. He did RAF National Service from 1959 to 1961. He went to the University of Strathclyde, where he gained a BA in Politics and Psychology in 1968, then the University of Southampton, where he gained a Diploma in Applied Social Studies in 1970. He was a British Council Officer from 1968 to 1969, then a Probation Officer from 1970 to 1979 for the Inner London Probation Service. He was a councillor on Hammersmith Council from 1974 to 1978. Parliamentary career Soley was a Labour Party Member of Parliament from 1979, first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James R
James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (other), various kings named James * Saint James (other) * James (musician) * James, brother of Jesus Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Arts, entertainment, and media * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * James the Red Engine, a character in ''Thomas the Tank En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Soley Hamilton
Jane Soley Hamilton (née Soley, 1805 – October 2, 1897) of Brookfield, Nova Scotia was a noted pioneer midwife and has been cited by many sources as an important figure in midwifery, nursing and medical practice in Canada. Jane Soley was born in 1805, the daughter of William and Mary Soley of Lower Truro. She married Robert Hamilton of Brookfield in 1825 and over the next 16 years gave birth to seven children, two of whom died in infancy. In July 1851, when her youngest was nearly 10 years old, Jane was called upon to assist at the birth of a relative. This started Jane on the career of midwifery that was to span 42 years and bring 776 children into the world. She officiated at most of the births in Hilden, Brookfield, Brentwood, Alton and Middle Stewiacke. Her work covered the years 1851 to 1893 during which time she kept careful record in a small tattered almanac An almanac (also spelled ''almanack'' and ''almanach'') is an annual publication listing a set of current ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordi Pujol I Soley
Jordi Pujol Soley (, born 9 June 1930) is a Catalan politician who was the leader of the party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya (CDC) from 1974 to 2003, and President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003. Early life Pujol was born in Barcelona, studied at the German School of Barcelona and received a medical degree from the University of Barcelona. During his college years, he joined different activist groups that were seeking to rebuild the ideal Catalonia that the Spanish Civil War and Franco's dictatorship had undermined. Among these organizations were ''Grup Torras i Bages'' (where he met other activists such as Jaume Carner or Joan Reventós), ''Comissió Abat Oliva'', ''Grup Pere Figuera'' or ''Cofradia de la Mare de Déu de Montserrat de Virtèlia''. In 1960, in the course of an homage to Catalan poet Joan Maragall, held in Palau de la Música Catalana, part of the audience sang the ''Cant de la Senyera'' (''The Song of the Flag'' in English) despite be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Soley
Richard Mark Soley (born c. 1960, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American computer scientist and businessman, and chairman and CEO of the Object Management Group, Inc. (OMG). He is also executive director of the Cloud Standards Customer Council, and executive director of the Industrial Internet Consortium, managed by the OMG. Life and work Soley studied Computer Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he obtained his S.B. in 1982, his S.M. in 1985 and his Ph.D. in 1989. He began his professional life at Honeywell, working on the Multics operating system. Soley joined OMG as Technical Director in 1989, leading the development of OMG's standardization process and the original CORBA specification. In 1996, he led the effort to move into vertical market standards (starting with healthcare, finance, telecommunications and manufacturing) and modeling. Those efforts made OMG a major early adopter of Unified Modeling Language (UML) and model-driven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seyfo Soley
Seyfo Soley (born 16 February 1980) is a Gambian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He captained the Gambia national team. Career Soley was born in Lamin, the Gambia. He played for Banjul Hawks FC, K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen, Al-Hilal and K.R.C. Genk, prior to signing for Preston North End in January 2007. Soley made his debut for Preston North End in the 2007 fifth round of the FA Cup which Preston lost 3–1 to Manchester City. In June 2007 Preston that he had left the club after rejecting the club's offer of a new contract. On 26 July 2008, Soley played as a trialist for Motherwell in the second half of their 4–0 friendly win over Bradford City. Soley trialled with Norwich City in the 2008–09 season under Glenn Roeder Glenn Victor Roeder (13 December 1955 – 28 February 2021) was an English professional football player and manager. As a player, Roeder played as a defender for Arsenal, Leyton Orient, Queens Park Rangers, Notts County, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Soley
Steve Soley (born 22 April 1971) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League, who was signed by Alan Ball. He played for Portsmouth, Macclesfield Town and Carlisle United. He played semi professional rugby after retiring as a footballer. Career Soley began his professional career at the age of 24 after he was signed from non-league Leek Town by Portsmouth in 1998. He failed to establish himself at Portsmouth, after being signed by Alan Ball. He had loan spells at Macclesfield Town and Carlisle United before joining the latter on a permanent basis. After spending three years at Carlisle, he left to join Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Irish .... References External links * 1971 births Living people Footballers from Widnes Men's a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomás Enrique Soley Soler
Tomás Enrique Soley Soler (1939–2001) was a Costa Rican politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a .... He began as a diplomat for Costa Rica in 1965. He died as an ambassador to Costa Rica in Honduras in 2001. References Costa Rican politicians 1939 births 2001 deaths {{CostaRica-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sóley (musician)
Sóley Stefánsdóttir (born 20 October 1987), better known simply as Sóley, is an Icelandic multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter. Career Sóley studied classical and jazz style piano as a child and later went to the Icelandic Art Academy to study composition to become a proficient pianist and guitarist. Although hailing from Iceland, she sings primarily in English both in her solo and group work. She became part of the seven-piece Icelandic indie-folk band, Seabear, in 2006. Signed to the record label, Morr Music, the band have so far released two albums and an EP, on which Sóley predominantly provides piano and backing vocals. Under the same label, Sóley released her first solo EP in 2010, titled ''Theater Island''. The following year, she went on to release ''We Sink'', her first full-length album. Critical response was largely positive, with praise often aimed at the "delightful and beautiful" piano play and the delicate vocal delivery. The songwriting was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seabear
Seabear is an Icelandic seven-piece indie-folk band from Reykjavík. Although hailing from Iceland, they sing primarily in English. They are signed to the Morr Music record label. History Formation Seabear started as a one-man project of Sindri Már Sigfússon in 2003. Performing for some time as a trio from 2005, the band grew to seven pieces in 2006. Other members of Seabear are Halldór Ragnarsson, Örn Ingi, Sóley Stefánsdóttir, Kjartan Bragi Bjarnason, Guðbjörg Hlín and Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir. The band's music has been described as "Sufjan Stevens meets an unplugged Arcade Fire" by '' Clash''. Clash Magazine. Sindri Már Sigfússon has been called the "Icelandic Beck" by ''''. The band has toured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guðrún Sóley Gunnarsdóttir
Guðrún Sóley Gunnarsdóttir (born 15 September 1982) is an Icelandic former football defender who was part of Iceland's national team and competed at UEFA Women's Euro 2009. Guðrún was the captain of Breiðablik and also played in Sweden's Damallsvenskan for Djurgårdens IF Dam. During her career she won the Icelandic championship five times and the Icelandic Cup three times. In 2004, she won the NCAA championship with the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Club career Named in the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild's team of the year nine times, Guðrún was also named KR Reykjavík's player of the season in 2008. She had simultaneously completed a scholarship at the University of Notre Dame, where she played varsity soccer for the "Fighting Irish". For the 2009 season, Guðrún went on loan to Djurgårdens IF Dam in Sweden, where she joined compatriot Guðbjörg Gunnarsdóttir. Guðrún played well in Sweden and was reportedly subject to approaches from Chicago Red Stars and Sky Blue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sóley (given Name)
Sóley () is a feminine given name of Icelandic origin meaning ''buttercup''. The name is also in use in the Faroe Islands. The name is a diminutive for the Faroese name Sólja, also meaning ''buttercup'', or a combination of the Germanic name elements ''sol'', meaning ''sun'', and ''ey'', meaning ''island''. Usage The name was among the ten most popular names for newborn girls in Iceland in 2021. The name, spelled Soley, was given to eleven newborn girls in the United States in 2021 and eleven girls in 2022. Variant Sólja was among the ten most popular names for newborn girls in the Faroe Islands in 2021 and 2022. People *Sóley (born 1987), Icelandic musician *Guðrún Sóley Gunnarsdóttir (born 1982), an Icelandic former football defender who was part of Iceland's national team and competed at UEFA Women's Euro 2009 The 2009 UEFA Women's Championship, or just Women's Euro 2009, was played in Finland between 23 August and 10 September 2009. The host was appointed on 11 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
