Freeling may refer to:
* Major-General Sir
Arthur Henry Freeling
Sir Arthur Henry Freeling, 5th Baronet (26 July 1820 – 26 March 1885) was the fifth Surveyor General of South Australia.
Early life
Freeling was the son of John Clayton Freeling and grandson of Sir Francis Freeling, , and the elder brother of ...
, Surveyor-General of
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
from 1849 to 1861
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Freeling, South Australia
Freeling is a small town in South Australia, about 60 km north of Adelaide. It neighbours the Barossa Valley wine region. At the 2016 census, Freeling had a population of 2,214.
Description
Freeling is in the Light Regional Council, the s ...
, a small town, named for Arthur Freeling
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Christian Freeling, Dutch game designer and inventor/author of various chess variants
*Sir
Francis Freeling
Sir Francis Freeling, 1st Baronet FSA (25 August 1764 – 10 July 1836), was Secretary of the General Post Office.
He was born in Bristol, on 25 August 1764.
Career
Freeling started work in the Bristol Post Office. In 1785 he was promoted, to ...
, first baronet (1764–1836), postal administrator and book collector (''ODNB'')
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Nicolas Freeling
Nicolas Freeling (born Nicolas Davidson; 3 March 1927 – 20 July 2003), was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the "Van der Valk" series of detective novels. A television series based on the character was produced for the Brit ...
, crime writer
*Freeling is the surname of the main character Carol Anne and her family in the
Poltergeist (film) trilogy as well as in the novelizations based on the films.
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