Morley
Christopher Darlington, 1890–1957, U.S. writer.
Edward Williams, 1838–1923, U.S. chemist and physicist.
John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 1838–1923, English statesman, journalist, biographer, and critic.
Thomas, 1557–1603?, English composer, especially of madrigals.
a male given name.
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How to use Morley in a sentence
Christopher Morley is too well-known as a poet to require any explicit account in this place.
When Winter Comes to Main Street | Grant Martin OvertonA member of the editorial staff of this house at this time was Christopher Morley.
Turns about Town | Robert Cortes Holliday
British Dictionary definitions for Morley (1 of 2)
/ (ˈmɔːlɪ) /
an industrial town in N England, in Leeds unitary authority, West Yorkshire. Pop: 54 051 (2001)
British Dictionary definitions for Morley (2 of 2)
/ (ˈmɔːlɪ) /
Edward Williams. 1838–1923, US chemist who collaborated with A. A. Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment
John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn. 1838–1923, British Liberal statesman and writer; secretary of state for India (1905–10)
Robert. 1908–92, British actor. His many films include Major Barbara (1940), Oscar Wilde (1960), and The Blue Bird (1976)
Thomas. ?1557–?1603, English composer and organist, noted for his madrigals and his textbook on music, A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke (1597)
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Scientific definitions for Morley
[ môr′lē ]
American chemist and physicist who with Albert Michelson disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. Their work served as the starting point for Albert Einstein's development of the theory of relativity.
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