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Surname- Arthur Twining HadleyArthur Twining HadleyArthur Twining Hadley was an economist who served as President of Yale University from 1899 to 1921.-Biography:...
(1856–1930), American economist - George HadleyGeorge HadleyGeorge Hadley was an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist who proposed the atmospheric mechanism by which the Trade Winds are sustained. As a key factor in ensuring that European sailing vessels reached North American shores, understanding the Trade Winds was becoming a matter of great...
, meteorologist, hence also:- Hadley cellHadley cellThe Hadley cell, named after George Hadley, is a circulation pattern that dominates the tropical atmosphere, with rising motion near the equator, poleward flow 10–15 kilometers above the surface, descending motion in the subtropics, and equatorward flow near the surface...
- Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and ResearchHadley Centre for Climate Prediction and ResearchThe Met Office Hadley Centre for Climate Change — named in honour of George Hadley — is part of, and based at the headquarters of the Met Office in Exeter...
- Hadley cell
- George Hadley (footballer)George Hadley (footballer)George Angus Hadley was a Scottish footballer who played at wing-half either side of the First World War.-Football career:...
(1893–1963), Scottish footballer with Southampton, Aston Villa and Coventry City - Harry HadleyHarry HadleyHarold Hadley was an English professional footballer and football manager. He played once for the England national side.-Playing career:...
(1877–1942), England international footballer - Henry Kimball HadleyHenry Kimball HadleyHenry Kimball Hadley was an American composer and conductor.-Life:Hadley was born into a musical family in Somerville, Massachusetts...
, US composer - Jerry HadleyJerry HadleyJerry Hadley was an American operatic tenor. He received three Grammy awards for his vocal performances in the recordings of Jenůfa , Susannah , and Candide...
, singer - John HadleyJohn HadleyJohn Hadley was an English mathematician, inventor of the octant, a precursor to the sextant, around 1730.He was born in Bloomsbury, London, to Katherine FitzJames and George Hadley....
, astronomer - John Hadley (chemist)John Hadley (chemist)John Hadley was a British chemist and physician.John Hadley was appointed in 1756 as the fourth Professor of Chemistry at Cambridge University, the oldest continuously occupied chair of Chemistry in the UK. During his time there he co-operated in 1758 with Benjamin Franklin on a series of...
, chemist - Patrick HadleyPatrick HadleyPatrick Arthur Sheldon Hadley was a British composer.-Biography:Patrick Sheldon Hadley was born on 5 March 1899 in Cambridge. His father, William Sheldon Hadley, was at that time a fellow of Pembroke College...
, British composer - Ray HadleyRay HadleyRaymond Morris Hadley OAM is an Australian talkback radio broadcaster. He presents 2GB Sydney's morning show, and leads the Continuous Call Team, a rugby league-based talkback radio panel program.-Early Life:...
, Australian radio broadcaster - Stephen HadleyStephen HadleyStephen John Hadley was the 21st U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs , serving under President George W. Bush....
, United States National Security Advisor - Tony HadleyTony HadleyTony Hadley is an English pop singer-songwriter, occasional stage actor and radio presenter who gained celebrity as the lead vocalist for the 1980s band Spandau Ballet.-Early life:...
, British pop singer and lead voice of Spandau Ballet during the 1980s - William M. HadleyWilliam M. HadleyWilliam Moore Hadley is credited as being one of the primary early proponents of the middle school movement in the United States, and one of the first such schools carries his name....
, American educator
Given name
- Hadley FreemanHadley FreemanHadley Freeman is an American journalist formerly based in London, but now living in New York.She was born in New York to Jewish parents, and attended St Anne's College, Oxford University where she read English Literature and edited Cherwell....
, UK fashion journalist - Hadley RichardsonHadley RichardsonElizabeth Hadley Richardson married writer Ernest Hemingway in 1921. She was born the youngest daughter to a St. Louis family. After Hadley fell out of a window as a child, her mother became overprotective and curtailed her activities from then on...
, first wife of Ernest Hemingway, grandmother to Margaux and Mariel Hemingway
Fictional
- Remy "Thirteen" Hadley (see Thirteen (House)Thirteen (House)Remy "Thirteen" Hadley, M.D., is a fictional character on the Fox medical drama House, portrayed by Olivia Wilde. She is part of the new diagnostic team assembled by Dr. Gregory House after the disbanding of his previous team in the third season finale...
), a character on the TV series House
England
- Hadley, ShropshireHadley, ShropshireHadley is a part of the new town of Telford in the borough of Telford and Wrekin and ceremonial county of Shropshire, England. It lies approximately 5 miles north-west of Telford Town Centre, and is registered under the parish of Hadley and Leegomery...
, part of the new town of Telford, Shropshire - Hadley, Worcestershire, village west of Droitwich, Worcestershire
- Hadley End, Staffordshire, village west of Burton upon TrentBurton upon TrentBurton upon Trent, also known as Burton-on-Trent or simply Burton, is a town straddling the River Trent in the east of Staffordshire, England. Its associated adjective is "Burtonian"....
- Hadley WoodHadley WoodHadley Wood is a suburb of North London, close to the border with Hertfordshire. It is located in the London Borough of Enfield, about north north-west of Charing Cross and is situated close to Barnet...
in the London Borough of Enfield - Monken HadleyMonken HadleyMonken Hadley is a place in the London Borough of Barnet. An ancient country village north of Barnet, it is now a suburban development situated on the very edge of Greater London north north-west of Charing Cross, while retaining much of its rural character....
, suburb of Barnet, in the London Borough of Barnet
United States
- Hadley, CaliforniaHadley, CaliforniaHadley is a former settlement in Humboldt County, California. It was located northeast of Trinidad.A post office operated at Hadley from 1880 to 1881.-References:...
- Hadley, IndianaHadley, IndianaHadley is an unincorporated town in Marion Township, Hendricks County, Indiana....
- Hadley, MassachusettsHadley, MassachusettsHadley is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts. The population was 4,793 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The area around Hampshire Mall and Mountain Farms Mall along Route 9 is a major shopping destination for the surrounding...
- Hadley, MinnesotaHadley, MinnesotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 81 people, 36 households, and 27 families residing in the city. The population density was 292.7 people per square mile . There were 38 housing units at an average density of 137.3 per square mile...
- Hadley, New YorkHadley, New YorkHadley is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. The population was 1,971 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Hadley, Massachusetts.The Town of Hadley is in the northern part of the county and is west of Glens Falls....
- Hadley, Pennsylvania, a place in Mercer County
- Hadley Junior HighHadley Junior HighHadley Junior High is located in Glen Ellyn, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Named for former school superintendent, William M. Hadley, the school is the main middle school that feeds into Glenbard West High School and is the only middle school in District 41, which is made up of Hadley and...
, school in Glen Ellyn, Illinois - Hadley Township, Pike County, IllinoisHadley Township, Pike County, IllinoisHadley Township is located in Pike County, Illinois. The population was 255 at the 2000 census.- External links :***...
- Hadley Township, MichiganHadley Township, MichiganHadley Township is a civil township of Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,655 at the 2000 census.- Communities :...
- South Hadley, MassachusettsSouth Hadley, MassachusettsSouth Hadley is a town in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,514 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area....
- Branchland, West VirginiaBranchland, West VirginiaBranchland is an unincorporated community in western Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 10 southwest of the town of Hamlin, the county seat of Lincoln County. Its elevation is 597 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with...
, also called Hadley
Extraterrestrial
- Hadley Rille, on the Moon
- Hadley (Mars crater), a crater on Mars
- Mons HadleyMons HadleyMons Hadley is a massif in the northern portion of the Montes Apenninus, a range in the northern hemisphere of the Moon. The selenographic coordinates of this peak are 26.5° N, 4.7° E. It has a height of 4.6 km and a maximum diameter of 25 km at the base.To the southwest of this mountain...
, a massif in the northern portion of the Montes Apenninus, a range in the north hemisphere of the Moon, named after John Hadley
Contracts law case
- Hadley v. BaxendaleHadley v. BaxendaleHadley v Baxendale [1854] is a leading English contract law case. It set the basic rule for how to determine the scope of consequential damages arising from a breach of contract, that one is liable for all losses that ought to have been in the contemplation of the contracting parties.-Facts:The...
, a case which dealt with issues of breach of duty, consequential damages, remoteness, and foreseeability