Hartley

American  

[hahrt-lee] / ˈhɑrt li /

noun

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

2. Marsden 1877–1943, U.S. painter.

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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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Example Sentences

The death certificate for Katherine Elizabeth Hartley, which was obtained by TMZ, includes a field denoting how the injury occurred.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

Hartley, whose body was found at her Hollywood Hills home by L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

"It is with profound grief that we confirm the passing of Katherine Hartley Short," Martin Short's representative said in a statement to BBC News.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Hartley said the internal inquiry was mainly relying on the spreadsheets of payments to Whittamore - which might have been inaccurate - not the notes of the private investigator himself.

From BBC • Feb. 12, 2026

Hume, in that work, holds the same relation to Locke and Berkeley as the late J. S. Mill held with his System of Logic to Hartley and James Mill.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various