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Wanley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Francis Wanley (1709–1791), Doctor of Divinity and Anglican priest *Humfrey Wanley (1672–1726), English librarian, palaeographer and scholar of Old English * John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (1800–1887), British Member of Parliament (MP) during the Victorian era *Nathaniel Wanley (1634–1680), English clergyman and writer, known for ''The Wonders of the Little World'' *Professor Richard Wanley, a character played by Edward G. Robinson in the 1944 Fritz Lang film '' The Woman in the Window'' See also * Waley * Wanly *Swanley Swanley is a town and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England, southeast of central London, adjacent to the Greater London boundary and within the M25 motorway periphery. The population at the 2011 census was 16,226. History I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Wanley
Francis Wanley, Doctor of Divinity (b Marske 25 April 1709; d Ripon 9 July 1791) was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 18th century. Wanley was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge. He held livings at Thirkleby, Aldborough and Stokesley Stokesley is a market town and civil parish in the Hambleton District of North Yorkshire, England, formerly a part of the historic North Riding of Yorkshire. It lies on the River Leven. An electoral ward, of the same name, stretches north to .... He was Dean of Ripon from 1750 to 1791. References 1709 births Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Deans of Ripon 1791 deaths People from Richmondshire (district) {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humfrey Wanley
Humfrey Wanley (21 March 1672 – 6 July 1726) was an English librarian, palaeographer and scholar of Old English, employed by manuscript collectors such as Robert and Edward Harley. He was the first keeper of the Harleian Library, now the Harleian Collection. Early life and education Wanley was born at Coventry on 21 March 1671/2 and baptised on 10 April, the son of Nathaniel Wanley. Around 1687, he was apprenticed to a draper called Wright at Coventry, and remained with him until 1694, but spent every vacant hour in studying old books and documents and in copying the various styles of handwriting. His studies are said to have begun with a transcript of the Anglo-Saxon dictionary of William Somner. His skill in unravelling ancient writing became known to William Lloyd, the bishop of Lichfield, who at a visitation sent for him, and ultimately obtained his entrance, as a commoner, at St Edmund Hall, Oxford University, where the theologian John Mill, was principal. He matricu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax
John Samuel Wanley Sawbridge Erle-Drax (born Sawbridge; 6 October 1800 – 5 January 1887) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) during the Victorian era. Personal life Born John Sawbridge, he was the son of Samuel Elias Sawbridge, of Olantigh in Kent, and grandson of John Sawbridge, Lord Mayor of London in 1775. John married Jane Frances Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, daughter of Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor, in 1827. On 13 August 1828, his wife's brother Richard Erle-Drax-Grosvenor died unmarried, and he succeeded to her family estates, including Charborough House, assuming the surname of Erle-Drax. He was a captain in the East Kent Militia, and raised a troop of the Dorsetshire Yeomanry in 1830 to deal with the ''Disturbances'' or Swing Riots of that year; he held the patronage of five church livings, and was a deputy-lieutenant of Dorset in the late 1850s. Erle-Drax built his mausoleum, located beside Holnest church in the Blackmore Vale in Dorset, fifteen years before his deat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Wanley
Nathaniel Wanley (1634 – 1680) was an English clergyman and writer, known for ''The Wonders of the Little World''. Life He was born at Leicester in 1634, and baptised on 27 March. His father was a mercer. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, and graduated B.A. in 1653, M.A. in 1657. His first preferment was as rector of Beeby, Leicestershire. On the resignation of John Bryan (ejected minister), John Bryan, the nonconformist vicar of Trinity Church, Coventry, Wanley was instituted his successor on 28 October 1662. Wanley kept in touch with the prevailing Puritanism of Coventry. With Bryan, who attended his services though ministering also to a nonconformist congregation, he was intimate, and on Bryan's death in 1676 he preached his funeral sermon of warm appreciation. It was published posthumously, with the title ‘Peace and Rest for the Upright,’ 1681. Wanley died in 1680; he was succeeded by Samuel Barton on 22 December. Wanley gave or bequeathed to the King Henry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Woman In The Window (1944 Film)
''The Woman in the Window'' is a 1944 American film noir directed by Fritz Lang and starring Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, Raymond Massey, and Dan Duryea. It tells the story of a psychology professorBiesen, Sheri Chinen (2005). ''Blackout: World War II and the origins of film noir.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, ( Edward G. Robinson) who meets a young ''femme fatale'' (Joan Bennett) and murders her lover in self-defense. Based on J. H. Wallis' 1942 novel ''Once Off Guard'', the story features two surprise twists at the end. Screenwriter Nunnally Johnson, having written the script for ''The Grapes of Wrath'' (1940), was invited by International Pictures to a picture deal, and ''The Woman in the Window'' was chosen as its premiere project. According to some sources, Lang substituted the film's dream ending in place of the originally scripted suicide ending to conform with the moralistic Production Code of the time. However, Lang claimed that it was his idea when asked d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waley
Waley ( ) is a surname. Notable people with this name include: * Alison Waley (1901–2001), New Zealand poet, journalist, artist and writer *Arthur Waley (born Arthur David Schloss; 1889–1966), English orientalist and sinologist *Daniel Waley (1921–2017), British historian, manuscript specialist, and professor * Harmon Metz Waley (1910–1984), American criminal convicted for his role in the George Weyerhaeuser kidnapping * Jacob Waley (1818–1873), English legal writer, grandfather of Charles Waley Cohen, Dorothea Waley Singer, and Robert Waley Cohen *Jim Waley (born 1948), Australian television presenter *Paul Waley, British academic, greatnephew of Arthur Waley * Robert Waley (1889–1939), Australian coxswain * Samuel Waley (born 1983), Tasmanian-born Australian rower * Simon Waley (1827–1875), English composer, banker, and leading figure in the Jewish community, younger brother of Jacob Waley Variants Waley Cohen * Charles Waley Cohen (1879–1963), British soldier, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wanly
Wanly is an Egyptian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adham Wanly (1908–1959), Egyptian painter * Seif Wanly Mohammed Seif al-Din Wanly ( ar, محمد سيف الدين اسماعيل محمد وانلي), most commonly referred to simply as Seif Wanly () (March 31, 1906 – February 15, 1979) was an Egyptian painter. Early life and career Wanly was ... (1906–1979), Egyptian painter {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
