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Sealy (surname)
Sealy is an Anglo-Norman surname, arriving in the British Isles with the Norman conquest of England in 1066 (although some claim it originated in Celtic Cornwall prior to the Norman invasion). The name was also found among the Anglo-Irish people of Counties Cork and Kerry in Ireland as far back as the 1500s. Multiple spellings are found throughout British and Irish history: Seally, Sealey, Seeley, Seely, Ceiley, Ceely, Celey, and others. Today the surname is mostly commonly found in the United States and Barbados, while the Sealey form is more common in England. Notable people with the surname include: * Alfred Forbes Sealy (1831–1894), British clergyman and educationist in India * Allan Sealy (born 1951), Indian writer * Alison Sealy-Smith (born 1959), Canadian actress *Derek Sealy (1912–1982), Barbadian cricketer *Edward Sealy (1839–1903), Zealand surveyor, photographer, explorer, farmer, and entomologist *Glenroy Sealy (born 1940), Canadian cricketer * Jim Sealy (1876–194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglo-Normans
The Anglo-Normans ( nrf, Anglo-Normaunds, ang, Engel-Norðmandisca) were the medieval ruling class in England, composed mainly of a combination of ethnic Normans, French, Anglo-Saxons, Flemings and Bretons, following the Norman conquest. A small number of Normans had earlier befriended future Anglo-Saxon king of England, Edward the Confessor, during his exile in his mother's homeland of Normandy in northern France. When he returned to England some of them went with him, and so there were Normans already settled in England prior to the conquest. Edward's successor, Harold Godwinson, was defeated by Duke William the Conqueror of Normandy at the Battle of Hastings, leading to William's accession to the English throne. The victorious Normans formed a ruling class in Britain, distinct from (although inter-marrying with) the native populations. Over time their language evolved from the continental Old Norman to the distinct Anglo-Norman language. Anglo-Normans quickly establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Sealy
James Edward Derrick Sealy (11 September 1912 – 3 January 1982) was a West Indies, West Indian cricketer who played in 11 Test cricket, Tests from 1930 to 1939. He made his Test debut at 17 years 122 days, and remains the youngest West Indian Test player. He played for Barbados from 1928–29 to 1942–43, and for Trinidad from 1943–44 to 1948–49. In 1942, playing for Barbados against Trinidad, he took 8 for 8, dismissing Trinidad for 16. References External links Derek Sealy at Cricket Archive 1912 births 1982 deaths West Indies Test cricketers Barbadian cricketers Barbados cricketers Trinidad and Tobago cricketers Wicket-keepers {{Barbados-cricket-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sealy
Philip Sealy was the Permanent Representative (or ambassador) for Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations. His full title is ''Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Permanent Representative to the United Nations for the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago''. He presented his credentials to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, on 1 October 2002. Ambassador Philip Sealy retired in 2010 and was replaced by Marina Valere. Prior to this appointment, he was his nation's ambassador to Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th .... References External links *https://www.un.org/webcast/ga/61/pdfs/trinidad_and_tobago-e.pdf Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Ambassadors of Trinidad and Tobago to Venezuela Permanent Representat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sealy
Michael Sealy (born January 28, 1971) is an American volleyball coach. He was the head coach of the women's volleyball team at UCLA from 2010–2022.Mike Sealy Named UCLA Head Women's Volleyball Coach He stepped down from the position in December 2022, after UCLA failed to quality to the NCAA tournament for the third time during his tenure. Player Sealy graduated from in 1989 and went on to play on the men's volleyball team. He helped the Brui ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Sealy
Mark may refer to: Currency * Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark, the currency of Bosnia and Herzegovina * East German mark, the currency of the German Democratic Republic * Estonian mark, the currency of Estonia between 1918 and 1927 * Finnish markka ( sv, finsk mark, links=no), the currency of Finland from 1860 until 28 February 2002 * Mark (currency), a currency or unit of account in many nations * Polish mark ( pl, marka polska, links=no), the currency of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Republic of Poland between 1917 and 1924 German * Deutsche Mark, the official currency of West Germany from 1948 until 1990 and later the unified Germany from 1990 until 2002 * German gold mark, the currency used in the German Empire from 1873 to 1914 * German Papiermark, the German currency from 4 August 1914 * German rentenmark, a currency issued on 15 November 1923 to stop the hyperinflation of 1922 and 1923 in Weimar Germany * Lodz Ghetto mark, a special currency for Lodz Ghetto. * R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Sealy
Malik Sealy (February 1, 1970 – May 20, 2000) was an American professional basketball player, active from 1992 until his death in an automobile accident at the age of 30. Sealy played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Indiana Pacers, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons and Minnesota Timberwolves. Early life A native of the Bronx, New York, Sealy was named after noted African-American social activist Malik Shabazz, better known as Malcolm X, for whom Sealy's father had been a bodyguard. In his senior year at Tolentine High School, Sealy, along with future collegians Brian Reese, and Adrian Autry, went 30–1 and won the state title. College career Sealy played college basketball at St. John's University, finishing his college career with 2,401 points, good for second all-time in St. John's history. Professional career NBA (1992–2000) Sealy was drafted by the Indiana Pacers with the 14th overall pick in the 1992 NBA draft. Over the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Robert Sealy
Joseph Robert Sealy (1907 – 1 August 2000) was an English botanist. He began his career in botany in 1925, working at Kew Gardens, with Thomas Archibald Sprague in the tropical crops section. Later, in 1927, he worked in a herbarium with Arthur William Hill. He was appointed Assistant Botanist in 1940. His specialty was the Flora of China, especially Camellia. In his personal life he was married to fellow botanist and colleague Stella Ross-Craig (1906–2006). Publications * 1958. ''Revision of the Genus Camellia''. He is the botanical author of iris graeberiana, which was first published in ''Botanical Magazine ''The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed'', is an illustrated publication which began in 1787. The longest running botanical magazine, it is widely referred to by the subsequent name ''Curtis's Botanical Magazine''. Each of the issue ...'' 167: t. 126 in 1950. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sealy, Joseph Robert 1907 births 2000 deaths Botanist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Sealy
Lloyd George Sealy (January 4, 1917 – January 4, 1985) was the NYPD's first African-American officer to graduate from the FBI National Academy and the first African-American officer in the NYPD to make rank as the commander of a police station in 1963 serving the 28th precinct in Harlem. He was also the first African-American officer to serve as Assistant Chief Inspector and Borough Commander serving the Patrol Borough of Brooklyn North (which included historical African-American communities such as Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Weeksville, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, and East New York, among others) in 1966. After Sealy's retirement from the NYPD in 1969, he became the first African-American Associate Professor of Law and Police Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice., and a founding member of NOBLE, a national organization of African-American police officers from various American cities. In 1974, Sealy published ''The Community and the Police: Conflict or Coopera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Sealy
James Sealy, (19 March 1876 – 4 February 1949) was an Irish rugby union player who won nine caps for Ireland and four for the British Isles. Sealy also represented Ireland in Hockey, and in 1928 was made president of the IRFU. During his international career, Sealey represented Dublin University at club level and took part in the 1896 British Lions tour to South Africa. He later worked as a barrister and was appointed King's Counsel, and later as a judge. Sealy was the son-in-law of Ireland's first president, Douglas Hyde Douglas Ross Hyde ( ga, Dubhghlas de hÍde; 17 January 1860 – 12 July 1949), known as (), was an Irish academic, linguist, scholar of the Irish language, politician and diplomat who served as the first President of Ireland from June 1938 t ..., having married Una Hyde Sealy. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sealy, Jim 1876 births 1949 deaths Ireland international rugby union players Irish rugby union players British & Irish Lions rugby union play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenroy Sealy
Glenroy Ricardo Sealy (born June 11, 1940) is a Barbadian-born Canadian cricketer. He played three One Day Internationals for Canada. Career Sealy was born in Saint Michael, Barbados on June 11, 1940, and at age 24 played a first-class match for the Barbados cricket team in February 1965 against the International Cavaliers. The right-handed batsman scored 10 runs without being dismissed and took one wicket with his medium pace at the cost of 20 runs. Later, at the ages of 38 and 39, he played in all of Canada's games in the 1979 Cricket World Cup. Sequentially, Sealy played those three One Day Internationals against Pakistan, England, and Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma .... Opening the batting, he scored 73 runs, including 45 (110) against Pakistan. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Sealy
Edward Percy Sealy (23 August 1839 – 30 October 1903), also referred to as Edwin Sealy, was a New Zealand surveyor, photographer, explorer, farmer, and entomologist. Born into a wealthy English family, Edward and his elder brother Henry Sealy, Henry received a good education but were orphaned at a young age. The brothers emigrated to New Zealand and Edward was 19 when they arrived in 1859. They initially spent time with a relative in the Hawke's Bay Region from whom Edward learned photography. The brothers became surveyors in the Hawke's Bay and then worked for the Canterbury Provincial Council in this trade. They were involved in a very public scandal in 1876 when Edward beat a prominent member of parliament to some land that they were both interested in based on insider information that had been passed on by his brother. Both Sealy brothers were also farmers, with Henry engaging in much land speculation. They built family mansions next to each other in 1875 just outside of Timar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Sealy-Smith
Alison Sealy-Smith (born 1959) is a Barbados-born Canadian actress best known for her role as Storm in various Marvel animated TV series. Early life and education Sealy-Smith was born in Bridgetown, Barbados and raised in Toronto. She attended Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, where she studied psychology on a scholarship. Career She is the founding director of Obsidian Theatre, a company that specializes in Black Canadian drama. Sealy-Smith was awarded a Dora Mavor Moore Award for her 1997 star turn in Djanet Sears' ''Harlem Duet''. Her film and television credits have included the series '' Street Legal'', '' This is Wonderland'' and ''The Line'', and a recurring role in ''Kevin Hill''. She also had a small role in the 1998 film ''My Date with the President's Daughter''. Sealy-Smith also voiced characters in various animated series such as Storm on the 1990s ''X-Men'' and Scarlett on the Teletoon series ''Delilah and Julius''. She played Sergeant Rose i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
