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Hartley

American  
[hahrt-lee] / ˈhɑrt li /

noun

  1. David, 1705–57, English physician and philosopher.

  2. Marsden 1877–1943, U.S. painter.


Hartley British  
/ ˈhɑːtlɪ /

noun

  1. David. 1705–57, English philosopher and physician. In Observations of Man (1749) he introduced the theory of psychological associationism

  2. L ( eslie ) P ( oles ). 1895–1972, British novelist. His novels include the trilogy The Shrimp and the Anemone (1944), The Sixth Heaven (1946), and Eustace and Hilda (1947) as well as The Go-Between (1953)

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“Sodium-ion cells are currently exclusively manufactured on a commercial scale within China,” said Evan Hartley, a research manager at the Benchmark Minerals consulting firm.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

Young stars such as scrum-half Charlie Bracken, centre Olly Hartley and wings Tobias Elliot and Noah Caluori have been to the fore.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

Hartley, who won the World Cup with England in 2017, had questioned England's fitness levels after the team's early exit from the T20 World Cup in 2024.

From BBC May 28, 2026

About the authors: Jon Hartley is a policy fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity.

From Barron's May 15, 2026

I slept that night at Hartley Row, and the next at Down House, and the third at a little inn some miles beyond Dorchester.

From The Watchers A Novel by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

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