It could also be from Whaley in Cheshire, from the Old English weg, meaning a path, and thus a road near a clearing. Whaley family history starts in 1185 with the recording of Adam de Walleg in the Pipe Rolls of Lancashire.Whaley genealogy lays claim to several notable persons, such as actor Michael Whaley and St. Louis Browns outfielder Bill Whaley.haley family history starts in 1185 with the recording of Adam de Walleg in the Pipe Rolls of Lancashire. Whaley genealogy lays claim to several notable persons, such as actor Michael Whaley and St. Louis Browns outfielder Bill Whaley.
While many people assume that the song Strange Fruit was written by Holiday herself, it actually began as a poem by Abel Meeropol, a Jewish schoolteacher and union activist from the Bronx who later set it to music.trange Fruit was first performed at a New York teachers' union meeting and was brought to the attention of the manager of Cafe Society, a popular Greenwich Village nightclub, who introduced Billie Holiday to the writer.
Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ËtÊÉrlz ËdÉªkÉªnz/ ; 7 February 1812 â 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic.is 1859 novel, A Tale of Two Cities, set in London and Paris, is his best-known work of historical fiction. Dickens's creative genius has been praised by fellow writersâfrom Leo Tolstoy to George Orwell and G. K. Chesterton âfor its realism, comedy, prose style, unique characterisations, and social criticism.