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Maclay Family
Maclay may refer to: Institutions * Maclay School, PK–12 private school in Tallahassee, Florida * Claremont School of Theology, formerly the Maclay School of Theology, Claremont, California * Maclays Brewery, brewery in Alloa, Scotland Places * Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park, Tallahassee, Florida People * Charles Maclay (1822–1890), California State Senator and Methodist minister * Charles Maclay (anatomist) (1913–1978), Scottish anatomist and surgeon * John Maclay, 1st Viscount Muirshiel (1905–1992), Secretary of State for Scotland * Baron Maclay, peerage. Held by: ** Joseph Maclay, 1st Baron Maclay (1857–1951), Glasgow shipowner and Minister of Shipping (1916–1921) ** Joseph Maclay, 2nd Baron Maclay (1899–1969), Scottish peer and Liberal politician * Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay (1846–1888), Russian explorer, ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist. * Robert Samuel Maclay (1824–1907), Methodist Episcopal Church missionary, associated with Fuzhou * Rob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maclay School
Maclay School is an independent, non-sectarian college-preparatory school in Tallahassee, Florida. History In the late 1960s, a group of white parents raised funds to create a segregation academy in response to the federally mandated racial integration of Leon County Schools. Its working name was Capital City Day School, but this was changed before opening to Maclay School, after Alfred B. Maclay Jr., a World War II veteran whose mother was a major benefactor and whose father's estate became Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park. The school's campus is bounded on two sides by the park. Construction on the first campus buildings was completed in a year and a half for $150,000 ($ today), allowing the school to open on September 9, 1968, with eight teachers and 138 students. Headmaster William A.P. "Bill" Thompson Jr. said admission was open to anyone, based on I.Q., school transcripts, and ability to do college-prep work. In 1970, the school had 170 students, all white. Thompson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Maclay
Samuel Maclay (June 17, 1741October 5, 1811) was an American politician from Union County, Pennsylvania. He served in the state legislature and represented Pennsylvania in both the U.S. House and the United States Senate. Biography Maclay was born the younger brother of future Pennsylvania senator William Maclay. He was born in Lurgan Township in the Province of Pennsylvania at Maclay's Mill and served in the Revolutionary War. Maclay came to the Buffalo Valley in Union County in 1769, then in Cumberland and Berks Counties, to perform some of the first surveys, along with and under the supervision of brother William, in "the new purchase" of land made by the Penn Family pursuant to the Treaty at Fort Stanwix in 1768. In 1790, Maclay performed work as a surveyor of the streams of northwestern Pennsylvania, equating to something of a "Lewis & Clark Expedition" of the dangerous interior wilds of Pennsylvania. He became an associate judge of Franklin County, Pennsylvania and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Maclay Awl
William Maclay Awl (May 24, 1799 – November 19, 1876) was a psychiatrist, a politician and a mental health hospital administrator. Biography He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to Mary (Maclay) Awl and lawyer and Senator Samuel Awl. He studied basic medical concepts under a local physician. At age 20 he entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania. Failing to graduate, he began a temporary practice in his hometown, specializing in anatomy and surgery, but later accompanied a knapsacker to Lancaster, Ohio, in 1826. In 1830 he married Rebecca Loughey. He then practiced his profession in many towns within Ohio, but finally settled in Columbus, Ohio, in 1833 where he stayed for the rest of his life. He was the first surgeon west of the Allegheny Mountains to tie the left Common carotid artery.''Western and Physical Journal'', October 1827 In Columbus he quickly specialized in treating mental disorders and management of people suffering from insanity. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon
Thaddeus Maclay Mahon (May 21, 1840 – May 31, 1916) was a soldier, attorney, railroad executive, and a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Thaddeus M. Mahon was born in rural Green Village, Pennsylvania. During the American Civil War, he enlisted in August 1862 as a private in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-sixth Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteers. After a term of service in this regiment, he reenlisted as a veteran in January 1864 in the Twenty-first Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry, and served until September 1865. Mahon studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1871, and commenced practice in southern Pennsylvania. He served as a member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives from 1870 to 1872. He was the president of Baltimore & Cumberland Valley Railroad. He was also a member of the commission having charge of the soldiers’ orphan schools of Pennsylvania. He was an unsuccessful candidate for elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Maclay Widney
Robert Maclay Widney (December 23, 1838 – November 14, 1929) was an American lawyer, judge, and one of the founders of the University of Southern California (USC). History He was born in Piqua, Ohio. He was the older brother of Joseph Widney, second president of USC; and the nephew of Robert Samuel Maclay, a pioneer missionary to China; and Charles Maclay, later a state senator for California. Widney left Ohio in September 1855 and spent two years hunting and trapping on the Great Plains and in the Rocky Mountains. Los Angeles Widney arrived in California in September 1857. He studied at the University of the Pacific (then located in Santa Clara) from 1858 to 1862. He was admitted to the bar in 1865, and moved to Los Angeles in 1867. In 1871, he was named a judge of the Court of California for Los Angeles and San Bernardino Counties. He was a founder of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce (established in 1873). He was a member of the 19th century 'Lincoln' Republican Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tara Maclay
Tara Maclay is a fictional character created for the action-horror/fantasy television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1997–2003). She was developed by Joss Whedon and portrayed by Amber Benson. Tara is a shy young woman with magical talents who falls in love with Willow Rosenberg, one of the core characters. Together, they help Buffy Summers, who has been given superhuman powers, to defeat evil forces in the fictional town of Sunnydale. Willow was a popular character when Tara was introduced, and the onset of their relationship was met with some resistance from fans. Tara grows from a reserved girl who is unsure of herself to being the moral center of Buffy's circle of friends, named the Scooby Gang. Her relationship with Willow is consistently positive, and the first recurring depiction of a lesbian couple on prime time network series television in the United States. Tara is killed by a stray gunshot toward the end of the sixth season, causing Willow to go on a rampage. Ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William P
William is a masculine given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman Conquest, Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will (given name), Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill (given name), Bill, Billie (given name), Billie, and Billy (name), Billy. A common Irish people, Irish form is Liam. Scottish people, Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma (given name), Wilma and Wilhelmina (given name), Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German language, German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Plunkett Maclay
William Plunkett Maclay (August 23, 1774 – September 2, 1842) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. William P. Maclay (son of Samuel Maclay and nephew of William Maclay (Pennsylvania senator), William Maclay) was born in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. He was prothonotary of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, from 1808 to 1814, and a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Maclay was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the 14th United States Congress, Fourteenth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas Burnside. He was reelected to the 15th United States Congress, Fifteenth and 16th United States Congress, Sixteenth Congresses. He was not a candidate for renomination in United States House election, 1820, 1820. He was a member of the State convention to alter and amend the constitution at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, in 1837. He was later engaged as a surveyor and in agricultural pursuits. He died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William B
William is a masculine given name of Germanic origin. It became popular in England after the Norman conquest in 1066,All Things William"Meaning & Origin of the Name"/ref> and remained so throughout the Middle Ages and into the modern era. It is sometimes abbreviated "Wm." Shortened familiar versions in English include Will or Wil, Wills, Willy, Willie, Bill, Billie, and Billy. A common Irish form is Liam. Scottish diminutives include Wull, Willie or Wullie (as in Oor Wullie). Female forms include Willa, Willemina, Wilma and Wilhelmina. Etymology William is related to the German given name ''Wilhelm''. Both ultimately descend from Proto-Germanic ''*Wiljahelmaz'', with a direct cognate also in the Old Norse name ''Vilhjalmr'' and a West Germanic borrowing into Medieval Latin ''Willelmus''. The Proto-Germanic name is a compound of *''wiljô'' "will, wish, desire" and *''helmaz'' "helm, helmet".Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxfor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Maclay (Pennsylvania Politician, Born 1765)
William Maclay (March 22, 1765 – January 4, 1825) was an early-American lawyer who served two terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1815 to 1819. Biography Maclay was born in Lurgan Township, Pennsylvania. He attended the country schools, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1800 and commenced the practice of his profession at Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He was county commissioner of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, in 1805 and 1806. Political career He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1807 and 1808, and served as associate judge for the Cumberland district in 1809. Maclay was elected as a Republican to the Fourteenth and Fifteenth In music, a fifteenth or double octave, abbreviated ''15ma'', is the interval between one musical note and another with one-quarter the wavelength or quadruple the frequency. It has also been referred to as the bisdiapason. The fourth harmonic, ... Congresses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Maclay (Pennsylvania Politician, Born 1737)
William Maclay (July 20, 1737April 16, 1804) was a politician from Pennsylvania during the eighteenth century. Maclay, along with Robert Morris, was a member of Pennsylvania's first two-member delegation to the United States Senate. He assisted John Harris, Sr. with the planning the layout of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1785, where Maclay Street is named for him. Following his tenure in the Senate, he served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives on two occasions, as a county judge, and as a presidential elector. He is known for his journal providing historical information on the 1st United States Congress. Early life Maclay was born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, his parents were Presbyterian immigants of Scottish descent from Portadown, Ireland in what has since become Northern Ireland. Maclay pursued classical studies and then served as a militia lieutenant in the Battle of Fort Duquesne in 1758. He went on to serve in other expeditions in the French and Indian War. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
