Olney
Encyclopedia
Places
United Kingdom- Olney, Buckinghamshire, a town near Milton Keynes, England
- The Olney HymnsOlney HymnsThe Olney Hymns were first published in February 1779, and are the combined work of curate John Newton and his poet friend, William Cowper . The hymns were written for use in Newton's rural parish which was made up of relatively poor and uneducated followers...
, a collection of hymns written there
- The Olney Hymns
United States
- Olney, Alabama
- Olney, Georgia
- Olney, IllinoisOlney, IllinoisOlney is a city in Richland County, Illinois, United States. The population was 8,631 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Richland County.-History:...
- Olney, Kentucky
- Olney, MarylandOlney, MarylandOlney, a census-designated place and an unincorporated area of Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, is located in the north central part of the county, twenty miles north of Washington, D.C. It was largely agricultural until the 1960s, when growth of the Washington suburbs led to its conversion into...
- The Olney Theatre Center for the Arts, located there
- Olney (Joppa, Maryland)Olney (Joppa, Maryland)Olney, originally patented as Prospect, is a historic home and farm complex located at Joppa, Harford County, Maryland. It is a working pony farm with a collection of 15 structures ranging in style, use, and elegance...
, a home on the National Register of Historic Places - Olney, MissouriOlney, MissouriOlney is an unincorporated community in western Lincoln County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Missouri Supplemental Route O about twelve miles northwest of Troy....
- Olney, Montana
- Olney, Oklahoma
- Olney, OregonOlney, OregonOlney is an unincorporated community and former company town in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 202 about eight miles south of Astoria....
- Olney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood
- Olney, TexasOlney, TexasOlney is a city in Young County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,236 in 2008.-Geography:Olney is located at ....
People
- Buster OlneyBuster OlneyRobert Stanbury "Buster" Olney III is a columnist for ESPN: The Magazine, ESPN.com, and covered the New York Giants and New York Yankees for The New York Times. He is also a regular analyst for the ESPN's Baseball Tonight...
(b. 1964), baseball commentator - Cyrus OlneyCyrus OlneyCyrus Olney was an American politician and lawyer in what would become the state of Oregon. He was the 6th Associate Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court serving while the region was still the Oregon Territory...
(1815–1870), American politician and judge - Ian OlneyIan OlneyIan Olney is a former football player, who played as a striker. He started his career at Aston Villa in 1988, for whom he made 88 league appearances, scoring 16 goals, and 4 years later was sold to Oldham Athletic for £750,000, at that time Oldham's transfer record...
(b. 1969), English association footballer - Jeremiah OlneyJeremiah OlneyJeremiah Olney formed a company of infantry from Rhode Island at the start of the American Revolutionary War. He rose in rank from captain to colonel in command of a regiment by the war's end. In 1780 he married the governor's daughter, Sarah Cooke. He was the older brother of Stephen Olney who...
(1749–1812), Continental Army soldier and older brother of Stephen Olney - John OlneyJohn OlneyJohn Olney is a medical doctor and neuropathologist known for his work on brain damage. He coined the term excitotoxicity in his 1969 paper published in Science. Olney's lesions are named after him. In 1996 he was elected to the Institute of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences...
, physician, medical scientist and critic of food additives - Martha OlneyMartha OlneyMartha Olney is a permanent Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley. She is a winner of local and national teaching awards, and has authored several leading undergraduate economics textbooks.-Academic Life:...
, economics professor and textbook author - Peter B. OlneyPeter B. OlneyPeter Butler Olney was an American lawyer and politician from New York.-Life:...
(1843–1922), New York County District Attorney 1883–1884 - Richard OlneyRichard OlneyRichard Olney was an American statesman. He served as both United States Attorney General and Secretary of State under President Grover Cleveland. As attorney general, Olney used injunctions against striking workers in the Pullman strike, setting a precedent, and advised the use of federal troops,...
(1835–1917), United States Attorney General and Secretary of State - Richard Olney IIRichard Olney IIRichard Olney was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts.-Life:...
(1871–1939), Congressman from Massachusetts - Richard Olney (food writer)Richard Olney (food writer)Richard Olney was an American painter, cook, food writer, editor, and memoirist, best known for his books of French country cooking....
(1927–1999), American writer - Stephen OlneyStephen OlneyStephen Olney was a soldier in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later a Rhode Island legislator.-Biography:...
, (1755–1832), Continental Army soldier and Rhode Island legislator