Tinsley
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People
- Beatrice TinsleyBeatrice TinsleyBeatrice Muriel Hill Tinsley was a New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist whose research made fundamental contributions to the astronomical understanding of how galaxies evolve with time.-Life:...
(January 27, 1941 – March 23, 1981) – New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist- The Beatrice M. Tinsley PrizeBeatrice M. Tinsley PrizeThe Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize is awarded every other year by the American Astronomical Society in recognition of an outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics of an exceptionally creative or innovative character...
– awarded by the American Astronomical Society
- The Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize
- Boyd TinsleyBoyd TinsleyBoyd Calvin Tinsley is an American violinist and mandolinist who performs as a member of the Dave Matthews Band. Within the band, Tinsley has collaborated in writing songs, harmonizing, and singing backing vocals.-Early life:Tinsley was raised in a musical family...
(b. May 16, 1964, Charlottesville, Virginia) - violinist, mandolinist, and backup singer in Dave Matthews Band. - Edward Bruce Tinsley (born 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky) - American cartoonist
- Edward Roy Tinsley, IIIEdward R. TinsleyEdward Roy Tinsley, III , is an attorney, rancher, and businessman with interests in oil, natural gas, and restaurants who has twice failed in Republican bids for the United States House of Representatives from the 2nd congressional district of his adopted state of New Mexico...
(born ca. 1952) -- Franchisor of K-Bob's SteakhouseK-Bob's SteakhouseK-Bob’s Steakhouse is a regional restaurant chain that operates in the cattle country of Texas and New Mexico. Founded in 1966 in Clovis, New Mexico, by Gabe E. Parson , the company sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1989, and reopened in 1991 under the ownership and management of Edward Roy Tinsley...
; New MexicoNew MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
politicianPoliticianA politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making... - Henry TinsleyHenry TinsleyHenry James Tinsley was an English first-class cricketer, who played nine matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in 1890 and 1891, four games for Lancashire from 1894 to 1896, and one match for the North of England in 1890...
– cricketer - Jamaal TinsleyJamaal TinsleyJamaal Lee Tinsley is an American professional basketball player. Tinsley was drafted out of Iowa State University by the Vancouver Grizzlies with the 27th pick of the 2001 NBA Draft, and was immediately dealt to the Atlanta Hawks, and then on to the Indiana Pacers on draft night...
– born 1978, basketball player - Jeffrey TinsleyJeffrey TinsleyJeffrey Tinsley is an American businessman who is the founder and Chairman and CEO of MyLife.com. He founded the company in 2002 after meeting his wife at their high school reunion....
– American businessman - Marion TinsleyMarion TinsleyMarion Tinsley is considered the greatest checkers player who ever lived. He was world champion from 1955–1958 and 1975–1991. Tinsley never lost a World Championship match, and lost only seven games in his entire 45 year career...
(February 3, 1927 – April 3, 1995) – checkers player - Samuel TinsleySamuel TinsleySamuel Tinsley was a chess player born in Barnet, Hertfordshire in 1847, where he grew up. Unlike most masters, he did not take up chess until late in life, beginning to play the game seriously well into his forties....
– chessmaster born in 1847. - Theodore TinsleyTheodore TinsleyTheodore Tinsley was an American author who wrote primarily mystery stories. Tinsley wrote 27 stories featuring The Shadow for "The Shadow Magazine" pulp magazine. He also created Carrie Cashin, one of the first female detectives in pulp fiction, who appeared in Street & Smith's Crimebuster pulp...
(October 27, 1894 – March 3, 1979) – American author who wrote primarily mystery stories. - William TinsleyWilliam TinsleyWilliam Tinsley was a British publisher. The son of a gamekeeper, he had little formal education; but together with his brother Edward he founded the firm of Tinsley Brothers, which published many of the leading novelists of the time.-Life:Tinsley was born in the village of South Mimms, north of...
– publisher - Jennifer Tinsley-Williams, New York City Ballet soloist
- Tinsley MortimerTinsley Mortimer-Early life:Mortimer was born in Virginia. and grew up in Richmond, VA. Her father is George Riley Mercer Jr., a real-estate investor, and her mother is Dale Mercer , an interior designer. Her paternal grandfather, George Riley Mercer Sr., founded Mercer Rug Cleansing in 1936...
– American socialite
Places
- Tinsley, South YorkshireTinsley, South YorkshireTinsley is a suburb of northeastern part of Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Its name derives from the Old English Tingas-Leah, which means 'Field of Council'...
– suburb of Sheffield, England- Tinsley engine shed
- Tinsley Marshalling YardTinsley Marshalling YardTinsley Marshalling Yard was a railway marshalling yard located near Tinsley in Sheffield. It was opened in 1965 as a part of a major plan to rationalise all aspects of the rail services in the Sheffield area, and closed in stages from 1985 with the run-down of rail freight in Britain. It was also...
- Tinsley railway station
- Tinsley ViaductTinsley ViaductTinsley Viaduct is a two-tier road bridge in Sheffield, England; the first of its kind in the UK. It carries the M1 and the A631 1033 metres over the Don Valley, from Tinsley to Wincobank, also crossing the Sheffield Canal, the Midland Main Line and the former South Yorkshire Railway line from...
- Firebase TinsleyFirebase TinsleyFirebase Tinsley, formerly known as Firebase Cobra, is a United States military fire support base, located in Oruzgan Province in Afghanistan. This base was established by the Charlie Company "Cobras" of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry who were deployed with the 25th Infantry Division out of...
- A US military fire support baseFire support baseA fire support base is a military encampment designed to provide indirect fire artillery fire support to infantry operating in areas beyond the normal range of direct fire support from their own base camps....
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