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(stan′lē)

noun

a masculine name: dim. Stan

Origin: < the surname Stanley < the place name Stanley < OE stan leah, stone lea

Stanley, Sir Henry Morton (born John Rowlands) 1841-1904; Brit. journalist & explorer in Africa
Stanley, Wendell Meredith 1904-71; U.S. biochemist

mountain in EC Africa: highest peak of the Ruwenzori group: 16,795 ft (5,119 m)

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or Port Stan·ley

A town of the eastern Falkland Islands on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the administrative capital of the British dependency. Population: 2,110.

, Edward George Geoffrey Smith. 14th Earl of Derby. 1799-1869.

British politician who served as prime minister (1852, 1858-1859, and 1866-1868).

, Francis Edgar 1849-1918.

American inventor who with his twin brother Freelan (1849-1940 ) developed a steam-powered automobile, the Stanley Steamer (1897).

, Sir Henry Morton 1841-1904.

British journalist and explorer known for his expedition into Africa in search of David Livingstone, whom he greeted with the words “Doctor Livingstone, I presume?” (1871).

, Wendell Meredith 1904-1971.

American biochemist. He shared a 1946 Nobel Prize for discovering methods of producing pure enzymes and virus proteins.

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