Tinsley

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Tinsley is a surname, was a town in England [1] and is now a district in Darnall ward in England.

Tinsley can refer to:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Court cases 4 Fictional people

[edit] People

• Beatrice Tinsley (January 27, 1941 - March 23, 1981) - New Zealand astronomer and cosmologist whose research made fundamental contributions to our understanding of how galaxies evolve with time.
  • The Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize - awarded every other year by the American Astronomical Society in recognition of an outstanding research contribution to astronomy or astrophysics of an exceptionally creative or innovative character.
• Boyd Tinsley (b. May 16, 1964, Charlottesville, Virginia) - violinist, mandolinist, and backup singer Dave Matthews Band.
• Edward Bruce Tinsley (born 1958 in Louisville, Kentucky) - an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip Mallard Fillmore.
• Frederick D. Tinsley - a member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra since 1974.
• Henry Tinsley - a first class cricketer.
• Jamaal Tinsley - born 1978, an NBA basketball player.
• Jeffrey Tinsley - an American businessman who is the founder and current Chairman and CEO of Reunion.com, Inc.
• Marion Tinsley (February 3, 1927–April 3, 1995) - considered the greatest checkers player who ever lived. He was world champion from 1955–1958 and 1975–1991. Tinsley never lost a World Championship match.
• Orla Tinsley - Irish author, Irish Times columnist and campaigner for Cystic fibrosis patient rights.
• Samuel Tinsley - a chessmaster born in Barnet, Herts in 1847.
• Theodore Tinsley (October 27, 1894-March 3, 1979) - an American author who wrote primarily mystery stories.
• WIlliam Tinsley - a Victorian publisher, who with his brother Edward founded Tinsley Brothers.
• Tinsley Mortimer - American socialite, and descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

[edit] Places

• Tinsley engine shed - built as part of the Sheffield district rail rationalisation plan of the 1960s.
• Tinsley Marshalling Yard - a near-derelict marshalling yard located near Tinsley in Sheffield.
• Tinsley Park Cemetery - one of the city of Sheffield's many cemeteries.
• Tinsley Park Collieries - a group of coal mines situated in the Tinsley / Darnall area to the east of the City of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
• Tinsley railway station - a railway station in Sheffield, England, South Yorkshire.
• Tinsley Viaduct - a two-tier road bridge in Sheffield, England; the first of its kind in the UK.
• West Tinsley railway station - a railway station in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
• Tinsley Street - a street in Liverpool, in the shadow of Liverpool football club's ground, Anfield.

[edit] Court cases

• Tinsley v. Richmond, 368 U.S. 18 (1961) (per curiam)

[edit] Fictional people

• Dawn Tinsley - a character in the BBC sitcom The Office, played by Lucy Davis.