Cayley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Arthur Cayley
Arthur Cayley (; 16 August 1821 – 26 January 1895) was a prolific United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, British mathematician who worked mostly on algebra. He helped found the modern British school of pure mathematics.
As a child, C ...
(1821–1895), British mathematician
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Beverley Cochrane Cayley
Beverley Cochrane Cayley (October 25, 1898 – June 8, 1928) was a Canadian lawyer and mountaineer.
Early life
Cayley was born on October 25, 1898, in Grand Forks, British Columbia. He was the only child of Canadian politician and County Cour ...
(1898–1928), Canadian lawyer and mountaineer
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Charles Bagot Cayley
Charles Bagot Cayley (1823–1883) was an English linguist, best known for translating Dante into the metre of the original, with annotations. He also made metrical versions of the ''Iliad'', the ''Prometheus'' of Æschylus, the '' Canzoniere'' of ...
(1823–1883), British linguist and friend of Christina Rossetti
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Forde Everard de Wend Cayley
Forde Everard de Wend Cayley (1 November 1915 – 17 August 2004) was a British physician who was physician superintendent at Bevendean Hospital for Chest Diseases. He survived great deprivations whilst spending time in a Japanese prisoner of w ...
(1915-2004), British physician held as a Japanese prisoner of war during the Second World War
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Henry Cayley
Henry Cayley, (20 December 1834 – 19 March 1904) was a British physician who was Deputy Surgeon-General in the British Army in India. He was appointed Professor of Military Medicine at the Army Medical School, Netley. He was Honorary Surgeon t ...
(1834-1904), Deputy Surgeon-General and the British army in India, honorary surgeon to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII
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G. C. Cayley (1866–1944), senior Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officer
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George Cayley
Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet (27 December 1773 – 15 December 1857) was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Many consider him to be the first true scientific aeri ...
(1773–1857), English naturalist, physical scientist, engineer, inventor, politician, and pioneer of flight
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Hugh Cayley
Hugh St. Quentin Cayley (November 19, 1857 – April 13, 1934) was a Canadian lawyer, news reporter and politician.
Early life
Hugh St. Quentin Cayley was born on November 19, 1857 in Toronto. He was raised in Upper Canada and one of eleven chi ...
, Canadian journalist and politician, son of William and namesake of the village in Alberta
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Kate Cayley
Kate Cayley is a Canadian writer and theatre director. She was the artistic director of Stranger Theatre[Neville Henry Cayley
Neville Henry Peniston Cayley (born ''Caley''; 29 May 1854 – 7 May 1903) was an Australian painter who contributed greatly to public awareness of Australian birds through his meticulous and attractive watercolours of iconic species.
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(1853–1903), Australian artist
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Neville William Cayley
Neville William Cayley (1886–1950) was an Australian writer, artist and ornithologist. He produced Australia's first comprehensive bird field guide '' What Bird is That?''. In 1960 it was rated the all-time best seller in Australian natural ...
(1886–1950), Australian author, artist and amateur ornithologist
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William Cayley (Canadian politician) William Cayley (May 26, 1807 – February 23, 1890) was a lawyer and political figure in Canada West.
He was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1807, the son of a British consul, and studied in England. He was called to the bar in 1835 and sub ...
, Canadian politician, father of Hugh
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William Cayley (MP)
William Cayley (c.1695 — 14 February 1768), of Scampton, Lincolnshire, was a British consul in the Iberian peninsula from 1726 to 1746, Member (MP) of the Parliament of Great Britain for Dover 7 February 1752 - April 1755., and a Commissioner ...
(1700-1768), British consul in Spain and Portugal and MP
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