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Bower (surname)
Bower is a Scottish and English surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Adrian Bower (born 1970), English actor * Archibald Bower (1686–1766), Scottish historian * B. M. Bower (1871–1940), American novelist * Billy Bower (1887–1954), English footballer * David Bower (born 1969), Welsh actor * Edward Bower (1635–1667), English portrait painter * Emma Eliza Bower (1852–1937) American physician, club-woman, and newspaper owner, publisher, editor * Frederick Orpen Bower (1855–1948), English botanist * Graham John Bower (1848–1933), Irish diplomat * Gordon H. Bower (1932–2020), American cognitive psychologist * Hetty Bower (1905–2013), English activist * Iris Bower (1915–2005), a Royal Air Force nurse * James Campbell Bower (born 1988), English actor, singer, and model * Jeff Bower (American football) (born 1953), American football coach * Jeff Bower (basketball) (born 1961), American basketball executive * Johnny Bower (1924–2017), Canadian hockey g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scots Language
Scots ( endonym: ''Scots''; gd, Albais, ) is an Anglic language variety in the West Germanic language family, spoken in Scotland and parts of Ulster in the north of Ireland (where the local dialect is known as Ulster Scots). Most commonly spoken in the Scottish Lowlands, Northern Isles and northern Ulster, it is sometimes called Lowland Scots or Broad Scots to distinguish it from Scottish Gaelic, the Goidelic Celtic language that was historically restricted to most of the Scottish Highlands, the Hebrides and Galloway after the 16th century. Modern Scots is a sister language of Modern English, as the two diverged independently from the same source: Early Middle English (1150–1300). Scots is recognised as an indigenous language of Scotland, a regional or minority language of Europe, as well as a vulnerable language by UNESCO. In the 2011 United Kingdom census, 2011 Scottish Census, over 1.5 million people in Scotland reported being able to speak Scots. As there are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Nott-Bower
Sir John Reginald Hornby Nott-Bower (16 March 1892 – 3 October 1972) was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1953 to 1958. He was the first career police officer to hold this post. Early life and career in India Nott-Bower was the son of William Nott-Bower, then chief constable of Liverpool City Police and later Commissioner of the City of London Police, and the great-grandson of Major-General Sir William Nott. He was educated at Tonbridge School and joined the Indian Police Service by competitive examination in 1911. He was posted to the United Provinces and served there until 1921, when he returned to England to work at the India Office in London. On 21 June 1918 he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, he resigned the commission in 1922. In 1923 he returned to the United Provinces as a Superintendent. He commanded successively Allahabad, Lucknow and Bareilly districts, and also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bower
Thomas Bower (1838–1919) was an English architect and surveyor based in Nantwich, Cheshire. He worked in partnership with Ernest H. Edleston at the Nantwich firm Bower & Edleston, which he founded in 1854.Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 288 He is particularly associated with the Gothic Revival style of architecture. In 1883, Bower was living at 140–142 Hospital Street in Nantwich. In 1914, he and Edleston had offices at Bank Chambers on Churchyard Side in the town square. Works Bower's buildings include: *St Philip's Church, Kelsall (1860) * Lamb Hotel (now Chatterton House), Hospital Street, Nantwich (1861) *Spurstow School, Spurstow (1872) * Barclays Bank, 11 Churchyard Side, Nantwich (1876) *Free Library (now Nantwich Museum), Nantwich (1888) *Sandbach Town Hall (1889) *Vicarage, Narrow Lane, Crewe Green (1889)Pevsner & Hubbard, p. 191 *Remodelling of 148 Hospital Street, Nantwich (1890s) *Petton Hall, Petton, Shropshire *Biddulph Grange, Biddulph, Staffordshire (1896) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bower
Stephen Robert Bower is an English football commentator, one of the main voices for BBC TV's Match of the Day, culminating in being part of the commentary teams for the 2010, 2014, and 2018 FIFA World Cups. Bower commentated on New Zealand's historic draw with Italy and Argentina's 4–1 win over South Korea amongst others. He can also be heard on BT Sport covering the Europa League, Serie A, and the Bundesliga, NBCSN covering the Premier League in the US, and ESPN covering international matches. He is the lead presenter on world feed Premier League Productions and presents Premier League football for Amazon Prime Video UK. Previous work includes Setanta Sports, ESPN UK, and MUTV. Early career Educated at Calday Grange Grammar School, Bower began his career in 1991 at Radio City (Liverpool), where he presented sports bulletins on the weekday breakfast show. He then began providing commentary and presenting on the stations coverage of local football teams Liverpool F.C., E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shane Bower (wrestler)
Shayne Alexander Bower (April 18, 1965 – June 24, 2007), better known by his ring name Biff Wellington, was a Canadian professional wrestler who was born, raised, and died in Calgary, Alberta. Professional wrestling career Shayne Bower trained with the Hart Brothers school by Keith Hart, Mr. Hito and Hiroshi Hase. He made his debut in December 1986 using the name "Biff Wellington" in Stampede Wrestling as a villain, but then transitioned to a fan favourite, which he was for the remainder of his time there. In Stampede, Wellington frequently tagged with Chris Benoit. In 1989, Wellington and Benoit beat Makhan Singh and Vokhan Singh to become Stampede Wrestling's International Tag Team Champions. After Stampede Wrestling shut down in December 1989, Wellington worked in various promotions in Canada, such as the Canadian National Wrestling Alliance (CNWA) and Canadian Rocky Mountain Wrestling (CRMW). Wellington then received tryouts for the World Wrestling Federation at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Bower
Scott Bower (June 27, 1978) is an American former soccer player. Youth Bower grew up in Florida where he played for the Florida State U-17 soccer champion with the Tampa Bay Kickers. In 1996, he graduated from Gaither High School where he was an All State soccer player. Bower began his collegiate career with Stetson University from 1996 to 1997. In August 1997, he also played for the Clearwater Chargers who won the U-19 US Youth Soccer National Championships. He then transferred to Clemson University where he played his junior season in 1998. Clemson was ranked number one in the Country for most of the season, only losing one game. In the Atlantic Coast Conference final, Bower scored the game-winning goal over the Duke Blue Devils The Duke Blue Devils are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina. Duke's athletics department features 27 varsity teams that all compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Bower (other)
Robert Bower may refer to: *Robert Bower (died 1606), MP for Salisbury *Sir Robert Lister Bower (1860–1929), British Army, colonial and police officer *Robert W. Bower Robert W. Bower (June 12, 1936) is an American applied physicist. Immediately after receiving his Doctor of Philosophy, Ph.D. from The California Institute of Technology in 1973, he worked for over 25 years in many different professions: Engineer ... (1936–2024), American applied physicist * Robert Bower (Conservative politician) (1894–1975), British Conservative politician, MP for Cleveland, 1931–1945 See also * Bower (other) * Robert (other) * Robert Bowers (other) {{hndis, Bower, Robert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Bower
Paul Bower (born 9 January 1988) is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was recruited as the number 20 draft pick by Carlton in the 2005 AFL Draft from Peel Thunder. He played the first half of the season in the Northern Bullants as a safe-marking backman, before missing two months through injury. Shortly after returning from injury, he made his AFL debut in Round 21 of the 2006 AFL season, playing the final two games of the year. He began to gain regular selection in 2008, playing as the second tall defender. He played several very good defensive games, before sustaining a shoulder injury in Round 10 against Geelong which saw him miss ten games. He returned for the final two rounds of the year. 2009 was a breakthrough season for Bower. He began to take more difficult defensive roles, added a strong rebounding aspect to his game, and began to show strong leadership amongst the young Carlton d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norman Adolph Henry Bower
Norman Adolph Henry Bower (18 May 1907 – 7 December 1990) was a British Conservative Party politician. In December 1941, he was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Harrow at a by-election following the death of Conservative MP Sir Isidore Salmon. The Harrow constituency was abolished for the 1945 election, when Bower was re-elected to the House of Commons for the new Harrow West constituency. He held the seat comfortably at the 1950 election, but resigned from Parliament In modern politics, and history, a parliament is a legislative body of government. Generally, a modern parliament has three functions: Representation (politics), representing the Election#Suffrage, electorate, making laws, and overseeing ... in April 1951. References * External links * 1907 births 1990 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1935–1945 UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1900s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Bower
Anthony Michael Ray Bower (born February 12, 1975) is an American actor best known for his role as Eddie "Donkeylips" Gelfen on the television program ''Salute Your Shorts'', which aired from 1991 to 1992 on Nickelodeon and for which he won a Young Artist Award. Career Born in Tarzana, California, Bower made his film debut at age 11, in Michael Jackson's 1988 ''Moonwalker''. He had appearances in episodic television series such as ''Webster'', ''Tales from the Crypt'', ''Empty Nest'', ''Superior Court'', ''Hull High'', ''The Wonder Years'', and ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'', before being brought into ''Salute Your Shorts'' for 20 episodes as the major character of Eddie 'Donkeylips' Gelfen. After that series, he continued with guest roles on well-known television series, including that of Monica Geller's (Courteney Cox) prom date on an episode of ''Friends''. He has also appeared in movies such as ''Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School'' and Ivan Reitman's ''Evolut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Bower
Matthew Bower is a British musician, active since the early 1980s, who has done both collaborative and solo work. Skullflower Skullflower was formed when Bower joined up with Stefan Jaworzyn, Gary Mundy and Stuart Dennison in 1987 having previously worked under the name Pure with Alex Binnie and Alex Windsor. Unlike most of their immediate contemporaries in the London-based industrial underground, they used traditional rock instruments such as guitars and drums as well as tapes, synths etc. The line-up could be fluid, with members of contemporaries such as Whitehouse, Coil and Ramleh contributing. The group are often cited as having been a strong influence on Justin Broadrick of Godflesh and, indeed, Broadrick later released two Skullflower albums on his HeadDirt label. Jaworzyn left the band with bassist Anthony DiFranco and guitarist Russell Smith (formerly of Terminal Cheesecake) joining. The unit moved further and further away from any recognisable rock genre with albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marvin Bower
Marvin Bower (August 1, 1903 – January 22, 2003) was an American business theorist and management consultant associated with McKinsey & Company. Under Bower's leadership, McKinsey grew from a small engineering and accounting firm to a leader in the consulting industry. Bower, alongside Edwin G. Booz, is regarded one of the individuals most responsible for the rise of management consulting after World War II; he is considered by many to be the "father" of the modern consulting industry." Biography Bower was the son of the deputy recorder at Cuyahoga County, and grew up in the Collinwood neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio and attended Glenville High School. He earned his bachelor's degree in Economics and Psychology from Brown University in 1925. His father advised him to study law, and Bower graduated from Harvard Law School in 1928. Bower then attended Harvard Business School, graduating in 1930. Following completion of his studies, Bower worked as an associate at Jones, Day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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