Stanley - Definition and Overview

Numerous people, places and things are named Stanley or Stanly.

People

Stanley is a prevalent personal name in England and in some other English-speaking countries. Famous people named Stanley include:

• Henry Morton Stanley, (January 29, 1841 - May 10, 1904) the British-American journalist who "found" David Livingstone. ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" was his famous phrase.)

• Charles Henry Stanley (1819 - 1901) the British chess player who was the first chess champion of the United States.

• Frederick Trent Stanley, (? - ?) the American founder of Stanley's Bolt Manufactory in 1843, or his cousin Henry Stanley (? - ?) who founded the The Stanley Rule and Level Company in 1857. Both companies were merged in 1920 and continue to make Stanley hardware and tools under the name of Stanley Works.

• The Stanley Family were lords of the Isle of Man for hundreds of years.

• Stanley Kubrick, (July 26, 1928 - March 7, 1999) American film director

• Stan Laurel (1890 - 1965) the British-American comedian who worked with Oliver Hardy

Places

There are numerous places named Stanley, including:

In Australia:

• Stanley, Tasmania

In Canada:

• Stanley Rural Municipality, Manitoba
• Stanley, New Brunswick
• Stanley Township, Ontario
• Stanley Bridge, Prince Edward Island

In the Falkland Islands

• Port Stanley, Falkland Islands

In Hong Kong:

• Stanley, Hong Kong

In England:

• Stanley, County Durham

In Scotland:

• Stanley, Perthshire popular for canoeing

In the United States of America:

• Stanley, Idaho
• Stanley, Iowa
• Stanley, Louisiana
• Stanley Township, Minnesota
• Stanley, North Carolina
• Stanley, North Dakota
• Stanley, Virginia
• Stanley, Wisconsin
• Stanley (town), Wisconsin
• Stanley County, South Dakota

Other

• The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually by the National Hockey League.
• The Stanley Steamer was a steam-powered automobile which set the world land speed record in 1906.
• The Stanley Steamer Company which built steam automobiles from 1901-1924..
• Stanley Knife a sharp utility knife made by the Stanley Works.
• The name of a cartoon series by Murray Ball