Perley may refer to:
People
Surname
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George Halsey Perley (1857–1938), American born Canadian politician and diplomat
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Mary Elizabeth Perley (1863–?), American educator and author
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William Goodhue Perley (1820–1890), businessman and member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1890
Given name
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Perley G. Nutting
Perley Gilman Nutting (1873–1949) was an American optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA). He served as its first president from 1916 to 1917. OSA is now known as Optica.
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(1873–1949), optical physicist and the founder of the Optical Society of America (OSA).
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Perley B. Johnson
Perley Brown Johnson (September 8, 1798 – February 9, 1870) was an American physician and politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Ohio for one term from 1843 to 1845.
Biography
Born in the blockhouse in Marietta, Ohio, Johns ...
(1798–1870), U.S. Representative from Ohio.
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Perley A. Thomas
Perley Albert Thomas (1874–1958) was a Canadian-born American industrialist and entrepreneur. He was trained as a millsmith (specifically in woodworking), and moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he was employed by a streetcar manufacturer.
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(1874–1958), Canadian-born American industrialist and entrepreneur.
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Perley Keyes (1774–1834), American politician from New York
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Perley Ason Ross (1883–1938), U.S. experimental physicist who worked, carefully and without seeking publicity, at some essential problems in the behaviour of X-rays.
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Perley Dunn Aldrich (1863–1933), vocal teacher, composer and conductor
Places
Canada
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Perley Bridge (1931–1998), a bridge connecting Hawkesbury, Ontario and Grenville, Quebec
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Perley River, a
stream in Quebec
United States
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Perley, Minnesota
Perley is a city in Norman County, Minnesota, United States. Its population was 113 at the 2020 census.
History
A post office called Perley has been in operation since 1885. The city was named for George Edmund Perley, a local attorney.
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Enterprises
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Perley A. Thomas Car Works
Perley A. Thomas Car Works, Inc. was an American manufacturer of streetcars based in High Point, North Carolina. Founded in 1916, the company was formed from the liquidation of Southern Car Works by its engineer, Perley A. Thomas. Along with the ...
, a 20th-century builder of wooden and steel streetcars, based in High Point, North Carolina in the United States.
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