Volney

Last updated April 15, 2019

Volney may refer to:

Comte de Volney or Constantin-François de Chassebœuf (1757–1820), French philosopher, historian, orientalist, and politician
Herbert Volney, a politician from Trinidad and Tobago
Volney, New York a town in Oswego County, New York, United States
Volney Prize, an award by the Institut de France

Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney was a French philosopher, abolitionist, historian, orientalist, and politician. He was at first surnamed Boisgirais after his father's estate, but afterwards assumed the name of Volney.

Herbert Volney is a politician from Trinidad and Tobago, formerly of the United National Congress (UNC) party.

Volney is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 5,926 at the 2010 census. The town was named after a French author Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney who toured the area in 1808.

People with the given name

Volney E. Howard (1809–1889), American lawyer, statesman, and jurist
Volney Mathison, American experimenter in early biofeedback
Volney Peters (born 1928), American football player in the NFL
Volney Rogers (1846–1919), American lawyer
Volney Morgan Spalding (1849–1918), American botanist
Volney F. Warner (born 1926), retired United States Army four-star general

Volney G. Mathison, also known by the pseudonym Dex Volney, was an American chiropractor, writer, and inventor of the first E-meter used by the Church of Scientology.

Volney Monroe Peters was an American football defensive tackle in the National Football League and the American Football League.

Volney Rogers was a lawyer in Youngstown, Ohio, United States, who is known for his role in transforming Mill Creek "hollow" into one of the nation's most celebrated metropolitan parks. Rogers, a seminal figure in the history of America's state park system, served as counsel for the American Civic Association, a group dedicated to the preservation of Niagara Falls.

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