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Copley (surname)
Copley is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Al Copley (born 1952), American jazz pianist * Amber Copley, American beauty queen * Antony Copley (1937–2016), British historian *Dale Copley (born 1991), Australian rugby league player *David C. Copley (1952–2012), American newspaper publisher *Evan Copley, American academic and composer *Sir Godfrey Copley, 2nd Baronet (1653–1709), English landowner *Henri Édouard de Copley, interim Governor of Guadeloupe from 1764 to 1765 *Ira Clifton Copley (1864–1947), American publisher and politician * James S. Copley (1916–1973), American publisher and journalist * John Copley (producer) (born 1933), British theatre producer *John Copley (artist) (1875–1950), British artist *John Singleton Copley (1738–1815), Anglo-American portrait painter *John Copley, 1st Baron Lyndhurst (1772–1863), British lawyer and politician *Martin Copley (conservationist) (1940–2014), Australian conservationist *Mary Sibbey C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic ( Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Copley (conservationist)
Martin Copley (1940 – 30 July 2014) was a British-born Australian conservationist and philanthropist who established the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC), an organisation which purchases and manages large areas of land, mainly former pastoral properties, as nature reserves (called "sanctuaries") for the conservation of biodiversity.ABC program archive: George Negus Tonight 38, broadcast 13 April 2004 accessed 8 January 2008 Copley was a British financier and insurance underwriter. He first visited Australia in 1966. In 1991 he purchased a property containing a large area of natural bushland a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Copley (artist)
William N. Copley (January 24, 1919 – May 7, 1996) also known as ''CPLY'', was an American painter, writer, gallerist, collector, patron, publisher and art entrepreneur. His works as an artist have been classified as late Surrealist and precursory to Pop Art. Early life and introduction to art Copley was born in New York City in 1919 to parents John and Flora Lodwell; they died shortly after in the 1919 Spanish Flu epidemic. Copley was adopted in 1921 by Ira C. Copley, the owner of sixteen newspaper companies in Chicago and San Diego. Ira C. Copley remarried after the death of his wife, Edith, several years after the adoption took place. The three lived in Aurora, Illinois, until Copley was ten years old whereby the family moved to Coronado Island, California. Copley was sent to Phillips Andover and then Yale University by his adopted parents. He was drafted in the Second World War in the middle of his education at Yale, a decision negotiated by the school and the army. Copl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vince Copley
Vincent Warrior Copley (born Vincent Gilbert Warrior; 24 December 1936 – 10 January 2022) was an Aboriginal Australian sportsman, activist, elder, and leader. Early life Vincent Gilbert Copley, usually known as Vince, was born into poverty on a government mission, Point Pearce, in South Australia on 24 December 1936. He was primarily Ngadjuri, but also had Kaurna, Narungga, and Ngarrindjeri ancestry. Through his grandmother Maisie May Edwards (née Adams) Copley was descended from Kudnarto, a Kaurna woman who was the first Aboriginal woman to legally marry a white South Australian colonist on 27 January 1848, when she married Thomas Adams. Copley's mother was Katie Edwards; her parents were Joe and Maisie May (née Adams). Maisie was a great-granddaughter of Kudnarto. Vincent was born the youngest of five surviving children: Winnie, Josie, Colin (who died as a teenager), and Maureen. "Papa Joe" was a Narungga man, a grandson of King Tommy, an important man who negotiat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Copley
Tom Phillip Copley (born 11 May 1985) is a British Labour Party and Co-operative Party politician, serving as the Deputy Mayor of London for Housing and Residential Development. He served as a London wide member of the London Assembly from 2012 to 2020 and is a former councillor on Lewisham Council. Early life Copley studied at Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury, before going on to study Politics at the University of Nottingham. Career Prior to his election as a London Assembly Member, Copley worked for Searchlight, the anti-racist and anti-fascist organisation. He has also worked as the local organiser and agent for the Labour Party in Camden and on Ken Livingstone's successful campaign to be selected as Labour's candidate for the 2012 London mayoral election. Copley was Chair of London Young Labour from 2008 to 2009 and sat as London representative on the Young Labour National Committee from 2008 to 2011. In 2010, he stood for election to Camden Council in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teri Copley
Teri Copley (born May 10, 1961) is an American actress and model. She is known for her role on the American NBC/syndicated television series ''We Got It Made'', which premiered in 1983, co-starred on the 1985 CBS television series ''I Had Three Wives'', and appeared as a panelist in the 1989 pilot for ''Match Game 90''. She appeared in the 1984 television film ''I Married a Centerfold'' and the 1992 film ''Brain Donors''. She posed nude and was the cover girl for ''Playboy'' for the November 1990 issue. In the 1990s Copley became a born-again Christian and eased her way out of Hollywood. In 2003, she released a book about her faith, entitled ''Conversations Between a Girl and Her God''. Family Copley is married to Charles Wahlheim. She was previously married to rock musician and guitarist Micki Free and prior to that, late actor Christopher Mayer. She has a daughter from each of her first two marriages. In 2018, Copley appeared on the ''Dr. Phil Phillip Calvin McGraw ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence Copley
Terence Copley (19 August 1946 – 17 January 2011) was a British academic and author. Terence Copley was Professor of Educational Studies (Religious Education) at the University of Oxford, England and also Emeritus Professor of Religious Education at the University of Exeter, England. He was Professor of Religious Education at the University of Exeter from 1997 until 2007. Before that, he was a Religious Education teacher and then deputy headteacher of a comprehensive school. He was a well-known speaker at academic conferences and teacher training provision. His writings cover the history of Religious Education and 'spiritual development' in state-maintained schools in England and Wales and methods of teaching biblical narrative in primary and secondary schools. Copley has also published a biography of Thomas Arnold in which he challenged T. W. Bamford's long standing interpretation of Arnold, set forth in Bamford's writings in the 1960s and 70s, and instead upheld the more favo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharlto Copley
Sharlto Copley (born 27 November 1973) is a South African actor. His acting credits include roles in the Academy Award-nominated science fiction film ''District 9'', the 2010 adaptation of ''The A-Team'', the science fiction film '' Elysium'', the science fiction horror film '' Europa Report'' and the dark fantasy adventure film ''Maleficent''. He also played the title character in the science fiction film ''Chappie'', Jimmy in '' Hardcore Henry'', and starred in two seasons as Christian Walker of the TV series ''Powers''. Copley is married to fellow South African actress and supermodel Tanit Phoenix. Early life Sharlto Copley was born in Johannesburg and educated at St. Andrew's Preparatory School in Grahamstown and Redhill School in Morningside, Johannesburg. His father is Dr. Bruce Copley, a former university professor. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel William Copley
Samuel William Copley (21 October 1859 – 4 or 5 November 1937) was an English artisan who made a fortune in land deals in Western Australia and returned to England, where he continued to be involved in business. History Copley was born in Berry Brow, near Huddersfield, Yorkshire, and trained as a tailor, but worked at his father's barbershop in Huddersfield. He subsequently worked in that trade in Manchester and Blackpool before returning to his father's business. In 1882, aged 23, he left for Pontypridd, Wales, where he practised hairdressing and made extra money by trading in such lines as boots, furniture, and musical instruments. Australia A half-brother, Ben Copley, had emigrated to Australia around 1883, and Copley and his brother-in-law Joe Willie Ellis sailed for Australia, travelling steerage, on the ''Grand'' in 1885. He settled in Melbourne, where he worked as a barber for three years. His savings from England amounted to £400, which he invested in local businesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Copley
Rebecca Copley is an American soprano opera singer. Copley is a resident of Lindsborg, Kansas, a Swedish arts community and the home of Bethany College, where she received her training. She has performed with many American orchestras and companies, including Musica Sacra, the New York City Opera, the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and the Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is operat .... References External links Personal site Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American people of Swedish descent American operatic sopranos 21st-century American women {{US-opera-singer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pheonix Copley
Copley (born January 18, 1992) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career USHL and College Undrafted, Copley played in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Tri-City Storm and Des Moines Buccaneers before committing to play collegiate hockey with Michigan Tech of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). At the conclusion of his sophomore season, Copley opted to turn professional in agreeing to a two-year entry-level contract with the Washington Capitals on March 20, 2014. St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals Copley was assigned to AHL affiliate, the Hershey Bears, to begin his first full professional season in 2014–15. In sharing the crease, he impressed with the Bears, earning 17 wins in 26 games. In the off-season, Copley was included in a trade, which also included Troy Brouwer and a third-round pick in 2016, to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for T. J. Oshie on Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Copley
Paul Mackriell Copley (born 25 November 1944) is an English actor and voiceover artist. From 2011 to 2015 he appeared as Mr. Mason, father of William Mason, in 16 episodes of '' Downton Abbey'', and from 2020 to 2021, he appeared in the ITV soap opera ''Coronation Street'' as Arthur Medwin. Early life Copley was born in Denby Dale, West Riding of Yorkshire, and grew up beside a dairy farm there. His father, Harold, was involved with local amateur dramatic productions, as were the rest of his family. He went to Penistone Grammar School, then to the Northern Counties College of Education in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he received an Associate of the Drama Board (ADB) in Drama. He taught English and Drama in Walthamstow, before he joined the Leeds Playhouse Theatre-in-education Company in 1971. Career Copley was the male lead character in the four-part BBC series '' Days of Hope'' in 1975, which depicted events between the First World War and the General Strike from a fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
