Quarles is a surname, and may refer to:
*
Benjamin Arthur Quarles
Benjamin Arthur Quarles (January 23, 1904 – November 16, 1996) was an American historian, administrator, educator, and writer, whose scholarship centered on black American social and political history. Major books by Quarles include ''The Negro ...
(1904–1996), historian, administrator, scholar, educator
*
Christina Quarles (born 1985), artist
*
Donald A. Quarles
Donald Aubrey Quarles (July 30, 1894 – May 8, 1959) was a Telecommunications engineering, communications engineer, senior level executive with Bell Telephone Laboratories and Western Electric, and a top official in the United States Department ...
(1894–1959), communications engineer, level executive
*
Francis Quarles
Francis Quarles (about 8 May 1592 – 8 September 1644) was an English poet most notable for his emblem book entitled ''Emblems''.
Early life
Francis Quarles was born in Romford, Essex, and baptised there on 8 May 1592. His family had a long hist ...
(1592–1644), poet
*
Greenfield Quarles
Greenfield Quarles (April 1, 1847 – January 14, 1921) was a Confederate States Army and United States Army soldier, judge, and one of the founders of the Sigma Nu Fraternities and sororities, fraternity.
Early life
Born in Christian County, Kent ...
(1847–1921), soldier, judge
*
James Minor Quarles
James Minor Quarles (February 8, 1823 – March 3, 1901) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for Tennessee's 8th congressional district.
Biography
Quarles was born near Louisa Court House in ...
(1823–1901), American politician
*
John Quarles
John Quarles (1624 or 1625–1665) was an English poet.
Life
One of the eighteen children of Francis Quarles, Quarles may have been born in Essex in 1624. He was educated under the care of Archbishop James Ussher. Quarles matriculated at Exeter ...
(1624–1665), poet
*
Joseph V. Quarles (1843–1911), American politician
*
Julian Minor Quarles (1848–1929), U.S. Democratic politician
*
Nancy L. Quarles (born 1951), American politician
*
Randal Quarles
Randal Keith Quarles (born September 5, 1957) is an American private equity investor and attorney who served as the first Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve for supervision from 2017 to 2021. He concurrently served as the chair of the Financial St ...
(born 1957), managing director
*
Shelton Quarles
Shelton Eugene Quarles (born September 11, 1971) is an American football executive and former linebacker who is the director of football operations for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football a ...
(born 1971), sportsman
*
Tunstal Quarles (1781—1856)
*
William Andrew Quarles
William Andrew Quarles (July 4, 1825 – December 28, 1893) was a Tennessee lawyer, politician, railroad executive, and a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.
Early life
William A. Quarles, the son of Garret ...
(1825–1893), Tennessee lawyer, politician, railroad executive
*
William D. Quarles Jr.
William Daniel Quarles Jr. (born January 16, 1948) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.
Background
Born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1948, Quarles attended Baltimore City Public ...
(born 1948), United States District Judge
*
William Quarles (cricketer) (1800–1879), English cricketer
*
Quarles,
Quarles de Quarles or
Quarles van Ufford
Quarles van Ufford (also: Quarles or Quarles de Quarles, stemming from Quarles) is the name of a Dutch people, Dutch family of English people, English descent whose members have belonged to Dutch nobility since 1815.
History
The lineage started ...
, a Dutch noble family of English descent.
Quarles was a pseudonym used by
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wide ...
for 'The Raven'.
Quarles is a place, and may refer to:
*
Quarles, Norfolk, England
*
Quarles, Missouri, a community in the United States
*
Quarles Range
Quarles Range () is a high and rugged range of the Queen Maud Mountains, extending from the polar plateau between Cooper Glacier and Bowman Glacier and terminating near the edge of Ross Ice Shelf.
Discovery and naming
Peaks in the range were f ...
, A mountain range in Antarctica
See also
*
Quarles & Brady
Quarles & Brady LLP is a U.S. law firm with eleven offices nationwide. According to the National Law Journal's 2012 rankings, it is the 107th largest law firm in the United States, and the second-largest firm in the state of Wisconsin (after Foley ...
LLP, U.S. law firm
*''
New York v. Quarles
''New York v. Quarles'', 467 U.S. 649 (1984), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court regarding the public safety exception to the normal Fifth Amendment requirements of the Miranda warning.
Background
The Supreme Court considered t ...
'', a 1984 U.S. Supreme Court case
{{surname, Quarles