Ridley (disambiguation)

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Ridley can refer to several things:

[edit] Places

• Ridley, a place in Kent
• Ridley, a place in Northumberland
• Ridley College is a boarding and day school in Ontario, Canada.
• Ridley College (University of Melbourne) is an Australian evangelical theological college of the Anglican Church of Australia, affiliated to the University of Melbourne.
• Ridley College is a boarding and day school in Ontario, Canada.
• Ridley Township, Pennsylvania in southeastern Pennsylvania

[edit] People

• Ridley Scott, film director.
• F. A. Ridley, Marxist, secularist, and writer.
• Sir Harold Ridley (ophthalmologist) was a pioneer of intraoclular lens implants.
• Reverend Harold Ridley (Jesuit) ("Hap") was President of Loyola College, Maryland.
• Jasper Ridley, a British writer
• Nicholas Ridley (martyr) was an English bishop martyred for his beliefs and support of Lady Jane Grey.
• Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale was a British politician, a member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet.
• Mark Ridley (physician) (1560–1624), English physician and mathematician.
• Mark Ridley (zoologist) (born 1956), English zoologist.
• Matt Ridley British science writer.
• Viscount Ridley a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom created in 1900 for Matthew Ridley, 1st Viscount Ridley

[edit] Other

• Ridley (Metroid), a character from the Metroid video game series.
• Ridley is also the name of the female protagonist in the PS2 game, Radiata Stories.
• Olive Ridley is a species of sea turtle.
• Kemp's Ridley is a species of sea turtle.
• Ridley Corporation Limited and its subsidiaries including:
  • Ridley AgriProducts
  • Ridley Inc.
• Ridley [1] is a Belgian bicycle brand.
• Ridley's Family Markets, an Idaho based grocery store