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Sherley Vs Sebelius
Sherley is a surname and given name. Notable people with the surname and given name include: Surname: *Douglass Sherley (1857–1917), author, journalist, and poet *Glen Sherley (1936–1978), country singer-songwriter, wrote Johnny Cash's 1968 song ''Greystone Chapel'' *Haydn Sherley (1924–2007), New Zealand radio personality *J. Swagar Sherley (1871–1941), U.S. Representative from Kentucky *James Sherley, biological engineer at Boston Biomedical Research Institute Given name: * Sherley Moore (1895–1971), American baseball player * Sherley Anne Williams (1944–1999), American poet, novelist, professor, vocalist, jazz poet, playwright and social critic See also *Shirley (other) *Shurley {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Douglass Sherley
George Douglass Sherley (June 27, 1857– December 28, 1917) was an author, journalist, and poet. Sherley was born and lived in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He was born into a wealthy family with interests in railroad companies and inherited the family's estate. He graduated from Centre College and then studied law at the University of Virginia. He worked as a journalist for the ''Louisville Courier-Journal'' beginning in the 1870s despite his millionaire status. He wrote poetry and short stories which he published using his own wealth during the 1880s.Van Allen, p. 352Kleber, p. 182 His works received little attention until he partnered with the popular poet James Whitcomb Riley in 1893 to tour the United States. Riley helped Sherley gain acceptance in the western literary community and, as part of Riley's show, he performed with other major talents including Samuel Clemens. After Riley and Sherley stopped touring in 1895, Sherley returned to live in both Louisville and Lexingto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Sherley
Glen Milborn Sherley (March 9, 1936 − May 11, 1978) was an American who became a country singer-songwriter after his song " Greystone Chapel" was made famous by Johnny Cash in 1968. Sherley wrote the song while in prison and it was later performed by Cash at his Folsom Prison performance, which was eventually released as the album ''At Folsom Prison''. Sherley was in the front row, unaware that his song was going to be performed. Sherley subsequently wrote and performed a number of other songs. He took his own life at the age of 42. Biography Early life Sherley was born in 1936 as the son of farm workers in Oklahoma. They migrated to California in the 1940s to work in cotton fields, potato farms and more. Sherley was a youth offender, and through the 1950s and 1960s was frequently in and out of prison for various crimes including one jailbreak. By the time he was discovered by Johnny Cash in 1968 while serving time for armed robbery, Sherley had been an inmate of several s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haydn Sherley
Haydn Ferrars Sherley (29 March 1924 – 14 June 2007) was a New Zealand radio personality. Affectionately known as 'the grandfather of radio' Sherley was a household name for decades in New Zealand, due to his work on national and commercial radio, in a career that spanned over fifty years. Early life and family Born in the Hamilton suburb of Frankton Junction on 29 March 1924, Sherley was the son of Clyde Ferrars Sherley, a dental surgeon, and his wife, Isabel Mary Rogers. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School from 1937 to 1941. During World War II, Sherley served in the Royal New Zealand Air Force between 1943 and 1945. He undertook training at the Royal Canadian Air Force's No. 6 Bombing and Gunnery School, Mountain View, and No. 2 Air Navigation School, Pennfield Ridge. He received the New Zealand War Service Medal and the War Medal 1939–1945. In 1950, Sherley married Joan Millicent Lamburd, and the couple went on to have five children. Career Sherley came into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Sherley
James Sherley is a biological engineer and the founder of Asymmetrex, an adult stem cell research center. He has also conducted research at the Boston Biomedical Research Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sherley filed a suit against the government in '' Sherley v. Sebelius'', resulting in a protracted legal battle attempting to ban the government from funding any research relating to embryonic stem cells. Early life and education Sherley's education includes a B.S. from Harvard University and an M.D. and a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. He was a postdoctoral fellow with Arnold J. Levine, at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 1988 to 1991. From 1991 to 1998 he was associate member, division of medical science, molecular oncology group, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a professor in biological engineering division at Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1998 to 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherley Moore
Sherley Moore (May 1, 1895 – December 21, 1971) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1910s. A native of Eminence, Kentucky, Moore made his Negro leagues debut in 1914 with the Louisville White Sox, and played for Louisville again the following season. He died in Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ... in 1971 at age 76. References External links anSeamheads 1895 births 1971 deaths Louisville White Sox players Baseball pitchers Baseball players from Kentucky People from Henry County, Kentucky Sportspeople from the Louisville metropolitan area 20th-century African-American sportsmen {{Negro-league-baseball-pitcher-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sherley Anne Williams
Sherley Anne Williams (August 25, 1944 – July 6, 1999) was an American poet, novelist, professor, vocalist, jazz poet, playwright and social critic. Many of her works tell stories about her life in the African-American community. Biography Sherley Anne Williams was born in Bakersfield, California, to Lena Leila Marie Siler and Jessee Winston Williams, who were migrant farm workers. She was the oldest of three sisters: Ruby, Lois, and Jesmarie. The family suffered from poverty and struggled to make ends meet most their lives. The kids would often have to help out with farming in order to get by. She was raised in the projects on the east side of Bakersfield and picked cotton and fruit with her parents and three sisters in the fields and orchards of Fresno, California. Williams was eight when her father died of tuberculosis and was 16 years old when her mother died from a heart attack. Early on, Williams had been introduced to reading and fell in love with it, but that was quick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shirley (other)
Shirley may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Shirley'' (novel), an 1849 novel by Charlotte Brontë * ''Shirley'' (1922 film), a British silent film * ''Shirley'' (2020 film), an American biographical film about Shirley Jackson * ''Shirley'' (2024 film), an American biographical film about Shirley Chisholm * ''Shirley'' (album), a 1961 album by Shirley Bassey * "Shirley" (song), a 1958 song by John Fred and the Playboys * ''Shirley'' (TV series), a 1979 TV series * ''Shirley'' (manga), a 2003 manga series People * Shirley (name), a given name and a surname * Shirley (Dutch singer) (born 1946), Dutch singer and pianist * Szhirley (born 1976), Danish singer Places United Kingdom *Shirley, Derbyshire, England *Shirley, Hampshire, a hamlet in Sopley parish, New Forest *Shirley, Southampton, a district of Southampton, Hampshire *Shirley, London, in Croydon *Shirley, West Midlands, England United States *Shirley, Arkansas *Shirley, Illinois * Shirley, Indiana * Shirley, Maine *Shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |