Whaley Genealogy & History. Whaley is a British locational surname, from the villages of Whalley in Lancashire and Whaley in Derbyshire. Both likely come from the Old English hwealf, which means vault, arch or hill, and leah, for a clearing in a forest or a meadow.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.
1865-1946. 1  America's first professional forester, and founder of the U.S. Forest Service. 2  Gifford Pinchot was the leader of the utiliatarian wing of the early conservation movement, who served under President Theodore Roosevelt and later as governor of Pennsylvania.  John Muir first met Gifford Pinchot in New York in 1893.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Denis Diderot (French: [dÉni didÊo]; 5 October 1713 â 31 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic and writer. He was a known figure during the Enlightenment. He is best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor and contributor to the EncyclopÃ©die along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. Diderot died from pulmonary thrombosis in Paris, aged 70. â Jacques Smietanski, Le RÃ©alisme dans Jacques le Fataliste (Paris: Nizet, 1965).