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Stanley (surname)
Stanley is a toponymic surname, a contraction of ''Stan'' (a form of "stone") and ''Leigh'' (meadow), later also being used as a masculine given name. People with the given name * Ann Dunham birth name Stanley Ann Dunham, mother of the 44th president Barack Obama * Stanley (Brazilian footballer) (Stanley Richieri Afonso, born 1985), Brazil * Stanley Adams (actor) (1915–1977), American actor and screenwriter * Stanley Adams (singer) (1907–1994), American singer and lyricist * Stanley Adams (whistleblower) (born 1927), Maltese whistleblower in the pharmaceutical industry * Stanley T. Adams (1922–1999), American Army officer, recipient of the Medal of Honor during the Korean War * Stanley Amis (1924–2021), British architect * Stanley Andrisse, American endocrinologist * Stan Arthur (born 1935), U.S. Navy officer; Vice Chief of Naval Operations 1992–95 * Stanley Baker (1928–1976), Welsh actor and producer * Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947), three-time prime minister of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leigh
Leigh may refer to: Places In England Pronounced : * Leigh, Greater Manchester, Borough of Wigan ** Leigh (UK Parliament constituency) * Leigh-on-Sea, Essex Pronounced : * Leigh, Dorset * Leigh, Gloucestershire * Leigh, Kent * Leigh, Staffordshire * Leigh, Surrey * Leigh, Wiltshire * Leigh, Worcestershire * Leigh-on-Mendip, Somerset (also known as Leigh upon Mendip) * Leigh Delamere, Wiltshire * Leigh Green, Kent * Leigh Park, Hampshire * Leigh Sinton, Worcestershire * Leigh Woods, Somerset * Abbots Leigh, Somerset * East Leigh, Devon * Little Leigh, Cheshire * Little Leighs, Essex * North Leigh, Oxfordshire Elsewhere * Leigh, County Tipperary, Ireland * Leigh, Nebraska, United States * Leigh, New South Wales, in Bellingen Shire, Australia * Leigh, New Zealand * Leigh, Texas, United States, the location of historic site Mimosa Hall * Leigh Canyon and Leigh Lake, Wyoming, United States * Leigh River (Victoria), Australia Other uses * Leigh (name), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Amis
Stanley Frederick Amis (12 January 1924 – 10 August 2021), was a British architect. Amis was born in Virginia Water Virginia Water is a commuter village in the Borough of Runnymede in northern Surrey, England. It is home to the Wentworth Estate and the Wentworth Club. The area has much woodland and occupies a large minority of the Runnymede district. Its n ..., Surrey, the son of Frederick Amis, an electrical engineer who worked for Western Electric, and Belinda (nee Nash). He was educated at Merchant Taylors' school in London, followed by the Architectural Association School of Architecture. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Amis, Stanley 1924 births 2021 deaths British architects People from Virginia Water Alumni of the Architectural Association School of Architecture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Chais
Stanley Chais (March 27, 1926 – September 26, 2010) was an American investment advisor, money manager, and philanthropist. He operated "feeder funds" which collected money for funds related to the Madoff investment scandal. The widow, family, and estate of Chais settled with Madoff trustee Irving Picard in 2016 for $277 million. Early and personal life Chais was born to a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York.Stuart Pfeifer, David SarnoStanley Chais dies at 84; money manager invested with Bernard Madoff ''The Los Angeles Times'', September 27, 2010 He attended Syracuse University, graduating in 1947. He was married to Pamela Chais, a playwright and screenwriter. They resided with their three children first in Sands Point, New York, and then in Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, California. After the scandal, they moved to Manhattan, New York. Involvement in Madoff's Ponzi scheme Chais was an investment advisor, money manager, and philanthropist. He operated "feeder funds" which c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Cavell
Stanley Louis Cavell (; September 1, 1926 – June 19, 2018) was an American philosopher. He was the Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value at Harvard University. He worked in the fields of ethics, aesthetics, and ordinary language philosophy. As an interpreter, he produced influential works on Wittgenstein, Austin, Emerson, Thoreau, and Heidegger. His work is characterized by its conversational tone and frequent literary references. Life Cavell was born as Stanley Louis Goldstein to a Jewish family in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother, a locally renowned pianist, trained him in music from his earliest days. During the Depression, Cavell's parents moved several times between Atlanta and Sacramento, California. As an adolescent, Cavell played lead alto saxophone as the youngest member of a black jazz band in Sacramento. Around this time he changed his name, anglicizing the family's original Polish name, Kavelieruskii (sometimes spelled "Kavelieriski ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MC Hammer
Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), better known by his stage name MC Hammer (or simply Hammer), is an American rapper, dancer, record producer and entrepreneur. He is known for hit songs such as "U Can't Touch This", "2 Legit 2 Quit" and "Pumps and a Bump", flashy dance movements, extravagant choreography and his eponymous Hammer pants. Remembered for a rapid rise to fame, Hammer has also been an entrepreneur and celebrity spokesperson. A multi-award winner, Hammer is considered a "forefather" and pioneering innovator of pop rap (incorporating elements of freestyle music), and is the first hip hop artist to achieve diamond status for an album. After being labeled a sellout, and with the changing landscape of hip hop music, Hammer attempted to appeal to the rise of gangsta rap. However, due to overexposure and critical backlash, his popularity waned by the mid-1990s (which led to a highly publicized bankruptcy beginning in 1996). Along with a Mattel doll and othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Brundy
Stanley Dwayne Brundy (born November 13, 1967) is an American-Israeli former professional basketball player. He was selected by the New Jersey Nets in the second round (32nd pick overall) of the 1989 NBA draft. A 6' 6" (1.98 m) and 210 lb (95 kg) forward from DePaul University, Brundy played in just one NBA The National Basketball Association (NBA) is a professional basketball league in North America. The league is composed of 30 teams (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada) and is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United St ... season for the Nets ( 1989–90), averaging 2.3 points and 1.6 rebounds a game. He was suspended for the majority of that season after failing a drug test. He has played in the CBA (where he was Newcomer of the Year in 1992), Venezuela, Colombia, Turkey (2nd division), the Philippines, France (2nd division), and Israel. He was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League in four seasons: 2000–02 and 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Branche
Stanley Everett Branche (July 31, 1933 – December 22, 1992) was an American civil rights leader from Pennsylvania who worked as executive secretary in the Chester, Pennsylvania branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and founded the Committee for Freedom Now (CFFN). In the early 1960s, he and George Raymond partnered to challenge minority hiring practices of businesses and initiated the Chester school protests against de facto segregation of schools which made Chester one of the key battlegrounds of the civil rights movement. He protested with the Cambridge Movement in Dorchester County, Maryland and worked with Cecil B. Moore to desegregate Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked with the Greater Chester Movement and the Black Coalition in Philadelphia. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor of Chester in 1967 and twice for U.S. Congress in 1978 and 1986. He left the civil rights movement and ran multiple businesses including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Booth-Clibborn
Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn (20 October 1924 – 6 March 1996) was a British Anglican bishop in the late 20th century. He was Bishop of Manchester from 1979 to 1992. He was well known during his episcopal ministry for his outspoken political views and interventions on behalf of the poor. Booth-Clibborn was the great-grandson of William Booth, the founder of The Salvation Army. He was educated at Highgate School. He was called up to the British Army during World War II, and served in the Royal Artillery and the Royal Indian Artillery. Having returned to England after five years military service, he studied history at Oriel College, Oxford, and then trained for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge. Booth-Clibborn was ordained in the Church of England. He served two curacies in the Diocese of Sheffield in the first half of the 1950s. In 1956, he emigrated to Kenya where he worked for the Christian Council of Kenya, and then for a newspaper. In 1967, he returned to E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Bleifeld
Stanley Bleifeld (August 28, 1924 – March 26, 2011) was an American sculptor. Early life Born in Brooklyn, New York, Bleifeld earned bachelor of fine arts, bachelor of science in education and in 1949 a master of fine arts degree in painting at Tyler School of Art of Temple University. After a trip to Rome in 1959 or 1960 he gave up painting for sculpture. Career Bleifeld received the following awards: Sculptor of the Year in Pietrasanta and the World, in 2004, the Henry Hering Memorial Medal of the National Sculpture Society, (he was president of the Society from 1991 to 1993), the Medal of Liberty from the American Civil Liberties Union, the Shikler Award from National Academy of Design, among others. Bleifeld was a National Academician in Sculpture, and a member of the National Academy of Design, and helped set policy for that organization. Bleifeld’s public monuments include sculptures for the United States Navy Memorial (he served in the Navy in World War II) in Washin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Berryhill
Stanley Berryhill III (born June 8, 1998) is an American football wide receiver for the Houston Roughnecks of the XFL. He played college football at Arizona. Professional career Atlanta Falcons On May 2, 2022, Berryhill signed with the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent. He was waived on August 30, 2022. Arizona Cardinals On September 20, 2022, Berryhill signed with the practice squad of the Arizona Cardinals. He was released off the practice squad on October 18, 2022. Detroit Lions On October 19, 2022, Berryhill signed with the practice squad of the Detroit Lions. He was elevated to the active roster on October 27, 2022, and then reverted to the practice squad after the game. He was signed to the active roster on November 5, then waived and re-signed to the practice squad. He signed a reserve/future contract on January 9, 2023. On April 21, 2023, Berryhill was suspended 6 games for violating the league’s gambling policy after betting on college football games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Baxter
Stanley Livingstone Baxter (born 24 May 1926) is a Scottish actor, comedian, impressionist and author. Baxter began his career as a child actor on BBC Scotland and later became known for his British television comedy shows ''The Stanley Baxter Show'', ''The Stanley Baxter Picture Show'', '' The Stanley Baxter Series'' and '' Mr Majeika''. Baxter has also written a number of books based on Glasgow. Early life The son of an insurance manager, Baxter was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was educated at Hillhead High School, Glasgow, and schooled for the stage by his mother. He began his career as a child actor in the Scottish edition of the BBC's '' Children's Hour''. He developed his performing skills further during his national service with the British Army's Combined Services Entertainment unit, working alongside comedy actor Kenneth Williams, actor Peter Vaughan, film director John Schlesinger and dramatist Peter Nichols, who used the experience as the basis for his play ''Priv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Baldwin
Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, (3 August 186714 December 1947) was a British Conservative Party politician who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions, from May 1923 to January 1924, from November 1924 to June 1929, and from June 1935 to May 1937. Born to a prosperous family in Bewdley, Worcestershire, Baldwin was educated at Hawtreys, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the family iron and steel making business and entered the House of Commons in 1908 as the member for Bewdley, succeeding his father Alfred. He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury (1917–1921) and President of the Board of Trade (1921–1922) in the coalition ministry of David Lloyd George and then rose rapidly: in 1922, Baldwin was one of the prime movers in the withdrawal of Conservative support from Lloyd George; he subsequently became Chancellor of the Exchequer in Bonar Law's Conserva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
