Wheatley (surname) — As a surname Wheatley means From the wheat meadow in Anglo Saxon.Alternative spellings include Wheatly, Whatley, Whitley, and Wheatleigh. Whether this is an association of work, or of origin, is debatable. It seems safe to say that if someone… … Wikipedia
Henry Grattan — (3 juillet 1746 – 6 juin 1821) était un membre de la chambre des communes irlandaise. Il fut le chef du mouvement qui força la Grande Bretagne à accorder l indépendance législative à l Irlande en 1782. Il s opposa aussi à l Acte d Union de 1800,… … Wikipédia en Français
Henry Grattan — (3 de julio de 1746 6 de junio de 1820 fue un miembro de la Cámara Irlandesa de los Comunes y un defensor de la libertad legislativa del Parlamento Irlandés a finales del siglo XVIII. Se opuso al Acta de Unión que fusionaba los reinos de Irlanda… … Wikipedia Español
Henry Jermyn, 1st Baron Dover — Henry Jermyn, 3rd Baron Jermyn and 1st Baron Dover (c. 1636 1708), was the second son of Sir Thomas Jermyn, of Rushbrooke, Suffolk, who died in 1659.Jermyn surpassed his uncle, Lord St Albans, in reputation for profligacy, figuring frequently as… … Wikipedia
Wheatley, Phillis — (c. 1753 1784) first published African American woman poet Phillis Wheatley was born in West Africa, probably in what is now Gambia, and after being enslaved was transported to Boston, Massachusetts, and purchased in 1761 as a servant by… … Encyclopedia of Protestantism
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. — Infobox Writer name = Henry Louis Gates, Jr. imagesize = 180px birthdate = birth date and age|1950|9|16 birthplace = Piedmont, West Virginia, United States occupation = Author, essayist, literary critic, professor nationality = United States… … Wikipedia
Phillis Wheatley — (1753 – December 5, 1784) was the first published African American poet whose writings helped create the genre of African American literature. [ The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America s First Black Poet and Her Encounters with the Founding… … Wikipedia
Phillis Wheatley — Phillis Wheatley. Frontispiz der Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, London 1773. Phillis Wheatley (* um 1753 vermutlich in der Region Senegambia, Westafrika; † 5. Dezember 1784 in Boston) war die erste afroamerikanische Dichterin,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Phyllis Wheatley — Phillis Wheatley. Frontispiz der Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, London 1773. Phillis Wheatley (* um 1753 vermutlich in der Region Senegambia, Westafrika; † 5. Dezember 1784 in Boston) war die erste afroamerikanische Dichterin,… … Deutsch Wikipedia
William Wheatley — (December 5, 1816 ndash; November 3, 1876) was an American Stage actor, born in New York City. He was the son of Frederick Wheatley, once a favorite actor in Baltimore and Philadelphia. His mother, who died in 1873, was an admirable and a justly… … Wikipedia
