Keeley, Robert (DNB00)
Robert Keeley is the name of: *Robert V. Keeley (1929–2015), former United States Ambassador to Greece, Zimbabwe, and Mauritius *Robert Keeley (comedian) (1793–1869), English comedian *Robert Keeley (instrument maker), American effects pedal producer See also *Bob Keely Robert William Keely (August 22, 1909 – May 20, 2001) was an American professional baseball coach and scout, and, for one full season and parts of two others, a player. He served as a coach in Major League Baseball for 12 seasons (1946–1957) ...

Robert Keeley (comedian)
Robert Keeley (1793 – 3 February 1869) was an English actor-manager, comedian and female impersonator of the nineteenth century. In 1823 he originated the role of 'Fritz' in ''Presumption; or, the Fate of Frankenstein'', the first known stage adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel ''Frankenstein''. Early life Robert Keeley was born in London as one of sixteen children, his father being a watchmaker. Keeley was an apprentice printer to Hansard, but dissatisfied with this career he joined a travelling acting company. He was at the Richmond Theatre in 1813 before moving to Norwich for four years and then to the West London Theatre. He made his professional London debut at the Olympic Theatre in 1818 as Leporello in ''Don Giovanni in London'', based on Mozart's opera. In 1819 Keeley appeared at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, and played the original Jemmy Green in '' Tom and Jerry, or Life in London'' by William Thomas Moncrieff at the Adelphi Theatre during 1821–2. At the end of ...
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Robert Keeley (instrument Maker)
Keeley Electronics is an American manufacturer of effect units for electric guitars. The company, founded by Robert Keeley and operating from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, started with the Keeley Compressor pedal along with modifications for effects by Boss and Ibanez. History After graduating in electrical engineering from the University of Oklahoma, Robert Keeley started his company from his home in Oklahoma City in 2001. He initially hoped to build guitar amplifiers (he tweaked his father's Peavey Deuce), but found the market "highly saturated and becoming more so every day". Instead, while teaching at a small technical college and employing "some of his best students", he rebuilt and modified old effects units, starting with a Ross compressor. The industry for makers of hand-built effects at the time had few major players (Keeley named Mike Piera of Analog Man and Mike Fuller from Fulltone as his only competitors), and his business soon took off, aided by a reputation for qua ...
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