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Walley is a surname and given name. It may refer to: Surname * Augustus Walley (1856–1938), a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor * Byron Walley, a pen name of writer Orson Scott Card (born 1951) * Chris Walley (born 1954), Welsh geologist * Chris Walley (actor) (born 1995), Irish actor * Deborah Walley (1943–2001), American actress * Denny Walley (born 1943), American guitarist * Ernie Walley (born 1933), Welsh football player, manager and coach * Hugh Walley (), footballer * Joan Walley, (born 1949), British politician * John Walley (died 1615), English Member of Parliament * Keith Walley (born 1954), English footballer * Nigel Walley (born 1941), English rock bass guitarist with The Quarrymen * Richard Walley (born 1953), Australian Aborigine performer, musician, writer and activist * Richard Whalley (died 1583) (1498/99–1583), English Member of Parliament * Richard Whalley (died c. 1632) (c. 1558–c. 1632), English Member of P ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Augustus Walley
Augustus Walley (March 10, 1856 – April 9, 1938) was a Buffalo Soldier in the United States Army and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Indian Wars of the western United States. Biography Walley was born into slavery in Reisterstown, Maryland in 1856. He joined the army from Baltimore in November 1878.Register of Enlistments in the US Army, 1798-1914 On August 16, 1881, Walley was serving as a private in Company I of the 9th Cavalry Regiment. On that day, Walley participated in the Battle of Cuchillo Negro Creek in the Black Range Mountains near Cuchillo Negro Creek of New Mexico, where he was cited for " avery in action with hostile Apaches" for helping rescue stranded soldiers under heavy fire. His Lieutenant, George Ritter Burnett, and First Sergeant Moses Williams also received the Medal of Honor for their actions in this battle. Nine years later, on October 1, 1890, he was issued the Medal of Honor for h ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Walley
Richard Barry Walley (born 1953) OAM is a Nyungar man, one of Australia's leading Aboriginal performers, musicians and writers, who has been a campaigner for the Indigenous cause. Walley is also a visual artist. Life and career Walley, born in 1953 in Meekatharra, north of Perth, Western Australia, spent much of his childhood at Pinjarra, south of Perth. He began his work in social justice for Indigenous Australians in the Perth region, Nyungar country, at a young age. By 23 he was chairing Western Australia's Aboriginal Advisory Board, while also involved in the formation or operation of the Aboriginal Housing Board, Aboriginal Medical Service, Aboriginal Legal Service, Aboriginal Alcoholism Committee, Aboriginal Sports Foundation and the New Era Aboriginal Fellowship. He is known for helping to develop the modern Australian welcome to country ritual, when in 1976 he and Ernie Dingo and created a ceremony to welcome a group of Māori people, Māori artists who were partic ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wally (other)
Wally may refer to: Music * Wally (band), British prog rock band ** ''Wally'' (album), a 1974 album by Wally * '' La Wally'', an opera by Alfredo Catalani Other uses *Wally (given name), a list of people and fictional characters *WALLY, a proposed service in southeast Michigan *Wally (anonymous), a name often called out at British rock venues in the 1970s and early '80s *The Wallies of Wessex, a group of people who squatted on ground close to Stonehenge in 1974 *Wally the Green Monster, mascot of the Boston Red Sox *Wally Yachts, a maritime design and manufacture company *The Wally, trophy given to NHRA national event race winners *Wally, a Cockney dialect name for a large gherkin or pickled cucumber *Wally, an episode of the American TV series ''Highway to Heaven'' See also * *Walley, a list of people with the surname or given name *Walley jump, a figure skating jump *Whalley (other) Whalley can mean: Places *Whalley, Lancashire, England, a village **Whalley Abbey, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moira Walley-Beckett
Moira Walley-Beckett is a Canadian television actress, producer, and writer. She was a writer and producer for the AMC drama '' Breaking Bad'' and the creator of two television series, ''Flesh and Bone'' and ''Anne with an E'' (titled ''Anne'' during the first season). For her work on ''Breaking Bad'', she won three Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series, three Writers Guild of America Awards, two Producers Guild of America Awards, a Golden Globe, and a Peabody. Early life Walley-Beckett was raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and attended the Banff School of Fine Arts. In 1982, she joined the Arts Club Theatre Company. Career Walley-Beckett worked from the mid-1980s until the early-2000s as a television actress. She guest-starred on many series, including ''MacGyver'', '' 21 Jump Street'', '' Wiseguy'', '' Chicago Hope'', ''Diagnosis Murder'' and '' ER''. She began writing for television in 2007 as a staff writer for the short- ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Walley Chamberlain Oulton
Walley Chamberlain Oulton (1770?–1820?) was an Irish playwright, theatre historian and man of letters. Life Born in Dublin, he was educated there in a private school. While a schoolboy he achieved some reputation as a writer of farces and musical extravaganzas, and his dramatic essays were performed at the Dublin theatres in Smock Alley, Crow Street, Capel Street, and Fishamble Street. Most of these pieces were published. About 1786, Oulton left Dublin, still a youth, to try his fortunes in London. John Palmer, the lessee of the Royalty Theatre in Wellclose Square, accepted the offer of his services, and in 1787 he produced Oulton's ‘Hobson's Choice, or Thespis in Distress,’ a satire on contemporary theatrical enterprise. Its boldness annoyed the managers of the patent-houses, who were engaged in a fierce struggle with Palmer. Oulton then induced an acquaintance to offer in her name his next piece, ‘As it should be,’ to George Colman the younger of the Haymarket, where ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Walley Barnes
Walley Barnes (16 January 1920 – 4 September 1975) was a Welsh footballer and broadcaster. Whilst playing as a defender he featured for Southampton and Arsenal and captained the Welsh national side. Early career He was born in Brecon to English parents as his father who was a soldier, was at the time stationed there. Barnes initially played as an inside-forward for Southampton in wartime games, making 32 appearances between 1941 and 1943, scoring 14 goals in all Arsenal Barnes was then spotted and signed by Arsenal in September 1943. At and away from Highbury he played in virtually every position on the pitch for Arsenal in wartime matches including a match where he featured as a goalkeeper, but suffered a serious knee injury which was incurred in 1944. Despite a poor prognosis at the time, he recovered, and forced himself back in the Arsenal side after insisting on playing a reserves match against Cambridge University. He made his League debut for the Gunners against Preston ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tom Walley
John Thomas Walley (born 27 February 1945) is a Welsh former footballer, who played as a wing half. Playing career Walley was born in Caernarfon and educated at Ysgol Segontium, named after the town's Roman fort. At the age of 14, he underwent a neck operation which prevented him playing football for almost three years. In March 1963, he joined Caernarfon Town playing in the Welsh League (North); after only a handful of games, he briefly joined Wrexham in the spring of 1964, but returned to Caernarfon in August, before (on the recommendation of his elder brother Ernie, who was a former Spurs player) joining English side Arsenal in December 1964 for a fee of £1,000. He played for Arsenal 18 times—4 of those appearances as a substitute—and scored once, as well as playing for the Wales under-23 national team, before transferring to Watford in March 1967 for £9,500. During the first of two periods Walley would spend at Vicarage Road as a player, he earned his sole cap for ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Samuel H
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of '' Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His genealo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Whalley (died C
Richard Whalley may refer to: *Richard Whalley (died 1583) (1498/99–1583), MP for East Grinstead, Scarborough and Nottinghamshire *Richard Whalley (died c. 1632) (c. 1558–c. 1632), MP for Nottinghamshire and Boroughbridge See also *Richard Walley (born 1953), Aboriginal performer {{hndis, Whalley, Richard ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Whalley (died 1583)
Richard Whalley (1498/99–1583), of Kirton, Welbeck and Sibthorpe, Nottinghamshire and Wimbledon, Surrey, was an English politician. Family Whalley was the only son of Thomas Whalley of Kirton, and his second wife Elizabeth née Strelley, the daughter of John Strelley of Woodborough, Nottinghamshire. Whalley married three times and had twenty-five recorded children. Firstly, Laura née Brockman, daughter of Thomas Brockman or Brookman of Essex. They had five children. By 1540, he had married his second wife, Ursula. Her maiden name is unrecorded, and they had thirteen children. His third wife, Barbara, we also know little of, but they had seven children together. Education and career Whalley was educated at St. John’s College, Cambridge. He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Scarborough in 1547, East Grinstead in April 1554, and Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, borderi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nigel Walley
Christopher Nigel Walley (born 30 June 1941) is an English former golfer and tea-chest bass player and manager, best known for his association with band The Quarrymen, the precursor of The Beatles which included John Lennon. His surname has often been spelt incorrectly as 'Whalley' in numerous books and on web pages. Early life Walley's father was Chief Superintendent Harold Walley, who was the head of Liverpool's Police 'A' Division. The Walley family lived in Vale Road, Liverpool, which was at the back of Lennon's home at 251 Menlove Avenue, belonging to his aunt and guardian, Mimi Smith. Walley and Lennon became friends at the age of five, even though Walley and Pete Shotton (who also lived in Vale Road) went to Mosspits Lane Infant/Junior School, while Lennon and Ivan Vaughan attended Dovedale Infant School. Note: Lennon had originally attended Mosspits Lane School, but was expelled for bullying another infant, Polly Hipshaw. Walley and Lennon both went on to sing in th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and (as of 2022) only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both his novel ''Ender's Game'' (1985) and its sequel ''Speaker for the Dead'' (1986). A feature film adaptation of ''Ender's Game'', which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series ''The Tales of Alvin Maker'' (1987–2003). Card's works were influenced by classic literature, popular fantasy, and science fiction; he often uses tropes from genre fiction. His background as a screenwriter has helped Card make his works accessible. Card's early fiction is original but contains graphic violence. His fiction often features characters with exceptional gifts who make difficult choices with high stakes. Card has also written political, religious, and social commentary in his columns and other writi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |