Priestley
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Priestley is an English surname. It may refer to:
Priestley may also refer to:
- Arthur PriestleyArthur PriestleySir Arthur Alexander Priestley was an English Liberal Party politician and cricketer. After three unsuccessful candidacies he held a seat in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1918...
- an English Liberal PartyLiberal Party (UK)The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician and cricketerCricketerA cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
. - Dennis PriestleyDennis PriestleyDennis Priestley is an English professional darts player. He has won two world championships, and was the first player to win both the BDO and WDC world championships, in 1991 and 1994 respectively...
- a two-time World Darts Champion and the first player to win both BDO and WDC World Championship Crowns - Gerry PriestleyGerry PriestleyGerald "Gerry" Priestley is an English-born former footballer who played as a Winger in the Football League between 1950 and 1963. He was born in Halifax....
(born 1931), footballer whose clubs included Grimsby Town and Halifax Town - Jason PriestleyJason PriestleyJason Bradford Priestley is a Canadian-American actor and director. He is best known as the virtuous Brandon Walsh on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210, a role which catapulted him to recognition in the early 1990s....
- a Canadian-American actor who starred in the TV show, Beverly Hills, 90210Beverly Hills, 90210Beverly Hills, 90210 is an American drama series that originally aired from October 4, 1990 to May 17, 2000 on Fox and was produced by Spelling Television in the United States, and subsequently on various networks around the world. It is the first series in the Beverly Hills, 90210 franchise... - Joseph PriestleyJoseph PriestleyJoseph Priestley, FRS was an 18th-century English theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist who published over 150 works...
- (13 March 1733 – 6 February 1804), an 18th-century British theologian, Dissenting clergyman, natural philosopher, chemist, educator, and political theorist - J. B. PriestleyJ. B. PriestleyJohn Boynton Priestley, OM , known as J. B. Priestley, was an English novelist, playwright and broadcaster. He published 26 novels, notably The Good Companions , as well as numerous dramas such as An Inspector Calls...
- (13 September 1894 – 14 August 1984), an English writer and broadcaster - Raymond PriestleyRaymond PriestleySir Raymond Edward Priestley was a British geologist and early Antarctic explorer.-Biography:Raymond Priestley was born in Bredon's Norton,Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, in 1886, the second son and second of eight children of Joseph Edward Priestley, headmaster of Tewkesbury grammar school, and his...
- (20 July 1886 – 24 June 1974), a British geologist and early Antarctic explorer
Priestley may also refer to:
- 5577 Priestley5577 Priestley5577 Priestley is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on November 21, 1986 by Duncan Waldron at Siding Spring. It was named 5577 Priestley (1986 WQ2) is an inner main-belt asteroid discovered on November 21, 1986 by Duncan Waldron at Siding Spring. It was named 5577 Priestley (1986 WQ2) is an...
, an inner main belt asteroid, named after Joseph Priestley - Priestley (lunar crater)Priestley (lunar crater)Priestley is a lunar crater that is located on the far side of the Moon from the Earth, in the low southern latitudes. It lies to the southeast of the flooded crater Kugler....
, a crater located on the far side of the Moon - Dr PriestleyDr PriestleyDr Lancelot Priestley is a fictional investigator in a series of books by John Rhode.After 1924 Dr Priestley took over from Dr Thorndyke as the leading fictional forensic investigator in Britain, and featured in over 50 novels written over 40 years, solving many ingenious and misleading murders,...
, a fictional investigator - Priestley CollegePriestley CollegePriestley Sixth Form and Community College is a sixth form college located on Loushers Lane, Warrington, England. It also offers adult courses, professional training on another site, and is an associate college of the University of Salford.- Pass Rates :...
, a sixth form college - Priestley GlacierPriestley GlacierThe Priestley Glacier is a major valley glacier, about 96 km long, originating at the edge of the polar plateau of Victoria Land. The glacier drains southeast between the Deep Freeze and Eisenhower ranges to enter the northern end of the Nansen Ice Sheet.First explored by the Northern Party...
, a major valley glacier - The PriestleyThe PriestleyBradford Playhouse is a 290 seat proscenium arch theatre with circle and stall seating based in Little Germany, in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England...
, a proscenium theatre