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Hammersley
Hammersley is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ben Hammersley (born 1976), British photojournalist * Charles E. Hammersley (died 1957), American politician * Frederick Hammersley (1824–1901), Major-General and the first Inspector of Gymnasia in the British Army * Frederick Hammersley (1858-1924), British Army officer, commanded the Landing at Suvla Bay by his division during the Gallipoli Campaign *Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009), American abstract painter * James Astbury Hammersley (1815–1869), English painter, and teacher of art and design *John Hammersley (1920–2004), British mathematician * Martyn Hammersley (born 1949), British sociologist * Peter Hammersley (1928–2020), British admiral * Rachel Hammersley (born 1974), British historian * Reuben Hammersley (1897–1940), English World War I flying ace * Rodolfo Hammersley (born 1889, date of death unknown), Chilean track and field athlete * Samuel Hammersley (1892–1965), Conservative Party po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammersley Fork
Hammersley Fork (also known as Hammersley Fork Creek) is a tributary of Kettle Creek in Potter County and Clinton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Warton Township in Potter County and Leidy Township in Clinton County. The watershed of the stream has an area of . The main rock formation in the watershed is the Pottsville Formation. A number of bridges cross the stream. There are no state roads and virtually no township roads in the watershed of Hammersley Fork. However, there are dirt roads and gravel roads, and several stream crossings in the watershed. The first settlers arrived in the watershed in 1827 and the first roads in the area were constructed several years later. Industrial activities such as logging were common in the watershed in the early 20th century, but there is currently virtually no such activity there. Wild trout naturally reproduce in the stream throughout its entire length. Most of the creek has a sub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Hammersley
Frederick Hammersley (January 5, 1919 – May 31, 2009) was an American abstract painter. His participation in the 1959 ''Four Abstract Classicists'' exhibit secured his place in art history. Early years Frederick Hammersley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. His father, a Department of the Interior employee, moved the family to Blackfoot, Idaho and eventually to San Francisco, where the young Hammersley first took art lessons. His studies later took him back to Idaho, at Idaho State University in Pocatello from 1936 to 1938 and then to Los Angeles for the Chouinard Art Institute starting in 1940. There he studied everything from figure painting to lettering and his instructors included Rico Lebrun. His artistic training was interrupted by a stint in the U.S. Army Signal Corps and Infantry as a graphic designer. His World War II service in England, Germany, and France was from 1942 to 1946. Fortuitously, he was stationed in Paris near the end of his service, and he took the opp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Hammersley
Rear admiral (Royal Navy), Rear Admiral Peter Gerald Hammersley Order of the Bath, CB Order of the British Empire, OBE (nicknamed Spam; 18 May 1928 – 16 January 2020) was an English Royal Navy officer who served from 1946 to 1982. Hammersley won a scholarship to Britannia Royal Naval College to train as a Deck department, deck officer but his eyesight was too poor. Instead, he chose to become an engineer and studied at the Royal Naval Engineering College from 1946 to 1950. He trained onboard HMS Frobisher (D81), HMS ''Frobisher'' and HMS Duke of York (17), HMS ''Duke of York'' and served on HMS Ocean (R68), HMS ''Ocean'' during the Korean War. Hammersley specialised in submarines from 1954 and in 1959 served on secondment to the US Navy on the nuclear submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571), ''Nautilus''. In 1960 he became the first marine engineering officer to serve aboard the Royal Navy's first Nuclear submarine, nuclear-powered submarine, HMS Dreadnought (S101), HMS ''Dreadnought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
