Chandler or The Chandler may refer to: *

Chandler (occupation) A chandlery was originally the office in a wealthy medieval household responsible for wax and candles, as well as the room in which the candles were kept. It could be headed by a chandler. The office was subordinated to the kitchen, and only exist ...

, originally head of the medieval household office responsible for candles, now a person who makes or sells candles *

Ship chandler A ship chandler is a retail dealer who specializes in providing supplies or equipment for ships. Synopsis For traditional sailing ships, items that could be found in a chandlery include sail-cloth, rosin, turpentine, tar, pitch, linseed oil, ...

, a dealer in supplies or equipment for ships

Arts and entertainment

* Chandler (band), an American Christian band * ''Chandler'' (film), 1971 * '' Chandler: Red Tide'', a 1976 illustrated novel by Jim Steranko *

Chandler Award The Chandler Award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for "Outstanding Achievement in Australian Science Fiction". It is named in recognition of the contribution that science fiction writer A. Bertram Chandler made to Aust ...

, for Australian science fiction *

Chandler Bing Chandler Muriel Bing is a fictional character from the NBC sitcom ''Friends'', portrayed by actor Matthew Perry. Chandler was born to Nora Tyler Bing, an erotic romance novelist, and Charles Bing, a gay female impersonator and star of a Las Vegas ...

, a fictional character in the sitcom ''Friends''

Buildings and schools

* The Chandler Building, in Berkeley, California, U.S. *

Albert B. Chandler Hospital Opened in 1962, the Albert B. Chandler Hospital along Rose Street at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, Kentucky is the flagship component of UK HealthCare. It is named for twice-former Governor of Kentucky A. B. "Happy" Chandler. The 945 ...

, in Lexington, Kentucky, U.S. *

Chandler High School (disambiguation) Chandler High School may refer to: * Chandler High School (Victoria) in Keysborough, Victoria, Australia * Chandler High School (Arizona) in Chandler, Arizona, USA * Chandler High School (Oklahoma) in Chandler, Oklahoma, USA, listed on the NRHP in ...

, several schools *

Chandler School Chandler School is an independent, co-ed day school for students in kindergarten through grade eight located in Pasadena, California United States, founded in 1950. School enrollment is 450 students. The campus overlooks the Pasadena Rose Bowl a ...

, in Pasadena, California, U.S. * Chandler Scientific School, formerly part of Dartmouth College, U.S.

People

Chandler (surname) Chandler, and its variant spellings, is a family name that originated as an occupational surname in medieval England. It applied to a person involved in making or selling candles and similar articles. The earliest records as a surname are of Mat ...

, including a list of people and fictional characters *

Chandler (given name) Chandler is a unisex given name, usually applied to males, and likely derived from surnames reflecting the occupational term chandlery. Notable people with the given name "Chandler" include A * Chandler P. Anderson (1866–1936), American poli ...

, including a list of people and a fictional character

Places

Australia

Chandler, Queensland Chandler is an outer south-eastern suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Chandler had a population of 1,442 people. Geography Chandler is south-east by road from the Brisbane GPO. The suburb is bounded to the eas ...

, a suburb of Brisbane *

Chandler, South Australia Chandler (or Chandler Siding), in the far north-west corner of the state of South Australia, is a rail siding on the Adelaide-Darwin rail corridor. It is about north of the town of Marla near the junction of the Stuart Highway and the entry to ...

Chandler, Western Australia Chandler is a rural locality between Merredin and Mukinbudin in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. It had a population of 104 at the 2006 census. Initially established to serve the nearby alunite (a source of potash) mine at nearby ...

Chandler Highway The Chandler Highway is a short road in the inner eastern suburbs of Melbourne. It runs from Heidelberg Road in Alphington, crosses the Yarra River, then continues across the Eastern Freeway, then terminates at an intersection with Princess St ...

, in the suburbs of Melbourne *

Chandler River (New South Wales) Chandler River, a perennial stream of the Macleay River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia. Course and features Chandler River rises on the eastern slopes of the Great Dividing Range, north ...

, Australia

Canada

Chandler, Quebec Chandler is a town in the Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine region of Quebec, Canada. It is the second-most populous town on the Gaspé Peninsula after the Town of Gaspé. It was known as Pabos between June 27, 2001 and May 4, 2002. The city is ...

Chandler, Saskatchewan Chandler is a ghost town in Cymri Rural Municipality, Saskatchewan, Canada. The site was on the Canadian Northern Railway line from Lampman to Radville. The site only had a train station that served the town of Midale two miles to the north b ...

United States

Chandler River (Alaska) The Chandler River is a stream in the U.S. state of Alaska, whose source is Chandler Lake in the Gates of the Arctic National Park. From Chandler Lake it flows, generally northward, into the Colville River, which it joins about northeast of Um ...

Chandler, Arizona Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and a suburb in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). It is bordered to the north and west by Tempe, to the north by Mesa, to the west by Phoenix, to the ...

Chandler, Indiana Chandler is a town straddling Ohio and Boon Township in Warrick County, Indiana, United States, located just east of Evansville, Indiana along the Ohio River. The population was 3,693 at the 2020 census, making it Warrick County's second-most po ...

, in Warrick County *

Chandler, Pike County, Indiana Chandler is an unincorporated community in Logan Township, Pike County, in the U.S. state of Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 State ...

Chandler Bay Chandler Bay is a bay in Jonesport, Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Br ...

, Maine *

Chandler River (Maine) The Chandler River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed June 22, 2011 river in Washington County, Maine. It flows from its source () on Cottontail Hill in Centerville to ...

Chandler Township, Charlevoix County, Michigan Chandler Township is a civil township of Charlevoix County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 248 at the 2010 census. Communities * Dot is a historic settlement located within the township. A post office operated here from May ...

Chandler Township, Huron County, Michigan Chandler Township is a civil township of Huron County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 501 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , all land. Demographics ...

Chandler, Minnesota Chandler is a town in Murray County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 270 at the 2010 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land. Minnesota State Highway 91 and Murray C ...

Chandler Air Force Station Chandler Air Force Station is a closed United States Air Force General Surveillance Radar station. It is south of Chandler, Minnesota, on the Buffalo Ridge in section 13 of Moulton Township, Murray County. It was closed in 1969. History In ...

, a closed radar station *

Chandler, Missouri Chandler is an unincorporated community in Clay County, in northwest Missouri. The community is on the Burlington Northern Railroad Line between Liberty and Kearney. Holmes Creek flows past the community. History A post office called Chandler was ...

Chandler Township, Adams County, North Dakota Chandler Township is a township in Adams County, North Dakota North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to ...

Chandler, Ohio Chandler is an Unincorporated area, unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is located south of Bloomingdale, Ohio, Bloomingdale at the i ...

Chandler, Oklahoma Chandler ( sac, Chêninêheki) is a city in, and the county seat of, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, United States. and is part of the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area. The population was 3,100 at the 2010 census, an increase over the figure of 2,842 in ...

Chandler State Wayside Chandler State Wayside (also known as Chandler State Park) is a state park in south-central Oregon in the United States. It is named in honor of Solomon and Hattie Chandler, who donated the land for the park. The park covers of pine forest al ...

, a state park in Oregon *

Chandler, Texas Chandler is a city in Henderson County, Texas, United States, at the northern end of Lake Palestine. Its population was 3,275 at the 2020 census, up from 2,734 at the 2010 census. Geography Chandler is located in the northeast corner of Hender ...

Elsewhere

Chandler (crater) Chandler is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater in the northern hemisphere, on the Moon's Far side (Moon), far side. It lies to the southeast of the large walled plain D'Alembert (crater), D'Alembert, and southeast of the slightly smaller Chernys ...

, on the Moon *

Chandler Island Chandler Island is an island long which is the southernmost of the ice-covered White Islands, located at the head of Sulzberger Bay. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–65, and ...

, Antarctica * Chandler River (disambiguation), several rivers in the United States and Australia

Other uses

* USS ''Chandler'', the name of two ships of the U.S. Navy *

Chandler Formation The Chandler Formation is a Mesozoic geologic formation in Canada. Dinosaur remains are among the fossils that have been recovered from the formation, although none have yet been referred to a specific genus.Weishampel, et al. (2004). "Dinosaur d ...

, a Mesozoic geologic formation in Canada *

Chandler (horse) Chandler, so called because he once pulled a Chandler's cart was the winner of the 1848 Grand National steeplechase at Aintree near Liverpool, England when ridden to victory by Josey Little in the colours of Captain William Peel. He was prepar ...

, winner of the 1848 Grand National steeplechase *

Chandler (software) Chandler is a discontinued personal information management software suite described by its developers as a "Note-to-Self Organizer" designed for personal and small-group task management and calendaring. It is free software, previously released und ...

, personal information management software *

Chandler Motor Car The Chandler Motor Car Company produced automobiles in the United States of America during the 1910s and 1920s. Corporate strategy It was incorporated in 1913, with Frederick C. Chandler as President, headquartered and with its factory in C ...

, a 1920s American automobile maker