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Bowker
Bowker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alan Bowker, Canadian diplomat and educator * Albert H. Bowker (1919–2008), American educator *Aldrich Bowker (1875–1947), American actor *Art Bowker (born 1961), American writer * David Bowker (sailor) (1922–2020), British sailor * David Bowker (writer), British author and screenwriter *Emily Bowker, British actress *Geoffrey C. Bowker, American professor of informatics *Gordon Bowker, American businessman *Horace Bowker (1877–1954), American businessman *James Bowker (1901–1983), British ambassador *James Henry Bowker (1822–1900), South African naturalist and soldier *Joe Bowker (1881–1955), English boxer *John Bowker (theologian) (born 1935), English Anglican priest and scholar *John Bowker (baseball) (born 1983), American baseball player *Joseph Bowker (1725–1784), American politician *Judi Bowker (born 1954), English actress *Keith Bowker (born 1951), Former English Professional Footballer * Neville ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bowker (baseball)
John Brite Bowker (born July 8, 1983) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Philadelphia Phillies and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. Bowker stands tall and weighs ; he bats and throws left-handed. Bowker was drafted out of Long Beach State University in the third round of the 2004 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants. He spent the next few years in their minor league system and ranked among the Eastern League leaders in several hitting categories in 2007. He was called up by the Giants shortly after the 2008 season began, and he became the first San Francisco-era Giant to hit a home run in his first two major league games. He was the Giants' starting first baseman for much of the season and finished the year batting .255 with 10 home runs in 111 games. In 2009, Bowker won the Pacif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Rogers Bowker
Richard Rogers "R. R." Bowker (September 4, 1848 – November 12, 1933) was a journalist, editor of ''Publishers Weekly'' and ''Harper's Magazine,'' and founder of the R. R. Bowker Company. Early life and education Richard Rogers Bowker was born in Salem, Massachusetts, on September 4, 1848, to a successful, educated family. ; Family His paternal grandfather, Joel Bowker (1775–1858) rose from a grocery clerk to a leading merchant and part owner of sailing vessels. Bowker Place in Salem is named after Joel Bowker. His mother, Theresa Maria Bowker ''(née'' Savory; 1825–1906), was the daughter of Richard Savory (1781–1841), who owned a large cooperage in Salem. His father, Daniel Rogers Bowker (1820–1895), was a partner in a prestigious business enterprise involving the sale of coal and salt in Salem until the financial panic in 1857, coupled with the death of the leading partner in the business, caused the business to fail. The family moved to New York City where Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Bowker
Joe Bowker (12 June 1881 – 31 October 1955) was a British boxer who was world bantamweight champion from 1904 to 1905. His defeat of Frankie Neil on 17 October in London for the world bantamweight title was acclaimed as the most remarkable event in the sport in 1904.''New York Evening World'', 2 January 1905 During his career, Bowker also won the European and British bantamweight titles, and the British featherweight title, holding the world bantamweight and British featherweight titles simultaneously from March to October 1905. In 51 professional fights, he compiled a career record of 40 wins, 8 losses and one draw with two no-decisions. Fourteen wins came by knockout. He was regarded as a "wonderfully clever" fighter. More than 40 years after Bowker retired from the ring, British boxing historian Maurice Golesworthy wrote of him: "Indeed, there are many authorities who rate Joe Bowker as the most skillful boxer ever produced in this country. That may be an exaggeration, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Bowker
Joseph Bowker (December 28, 1725 – July 2, 1784) was an early political and governmental leader of Vermont and was the first Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. Biography Joseph Bowker was born in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, on December 28, 1725. After being orphaned he was raised by a guardian, whose daughter he later married. Bowker was a farmer and served with the British during the French and Indian War. Most of his service was spent on garrison duty at Fort Ticonderoga, and as a result of it Bowker was usually referred to as " Captain Bowker" for the rest of his life. In 1773 Bowker relocated to Rutland, Vermont. In addition to farming he was involved in several business enterprises, including establishing the town's first sawmill. After settling in Rutland Bowker served in several local offices, including Town Clerk and Treasurer and Selectman. He was also the first Judge of the Rutland County Court and Rutland County's first Probate Judge. Bowker s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Henry Bowker
Colonel James Henry Bowker (23 August 1825 – 27 October 1900), was a South African naturalist, archaeologist and soldier. He was co-author with Roland Trimen of ''South African Butterflies'' (1887–89; 3 vols.). Early life Bowker was the ninth and youngest son of Miles Bowker (born c.1758 at Deckham's Hall, Gateshead, Durham), and Anna Maria Mitford, (born 1782 in Mitford, Northumberland, died 8 July 1868 at Tharfield), both 1820 Settlers. He was born on a farm known as Olive Burn, on the Klein Monden River, north of Port Kowie. He was actually baptised as William Henry Bowker on 17 December 1825, but was known as James Henry Bowker. Military career Bowker participated in the frontier wars of 1846 and 1850, and in 1855 he was appointed an inspector of the Frontier Armed and Mounted Police (F.A.M.P.), later succeeding Sir Walter Currie as Commandant. He also acted as High Commissioner of Basutoland. During the Seventh and Eighth Kaffir Wars he was promoted to Colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judi Bowker
Judi Bowker (born 6 April 1954) is an English film and television actress. Biography Bowker was born in Shawford, Hampshire, England, the daughter of Alfred J. Bowker and Ann Fairweather, who had married in 1947. The family moved to the British colony of Northern Rhodesia when Bowker was two, and lived there for eight years. She had many interests, including painting and riding. However, she was most interested in acting, and began to pursue her acting career after the family returned to England. Bowker first came to international attention as the star of ''The Adventures of Black Beauty'' (1972), a television series which was a continuation of the book. In an interview, Bowker stated that her experience in riding horses was probably the key to her being cast in the role. She also recalled how some of the ''Black Beauty'' episodes were set in springtime, but filmed in winter, so that sometimes she had to wear summer outfits in cold weather. Also in 1972 Bowker starred as Saint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bowker
Sir (Reginald) James Bowker (2 July 1901 – 15 December 1983) was a British diplomat who was ambassador to Burma, Turkey and Austria. Career Bowker was educated at Charterhouse School and Oriel College, Oxford. He joined the Diplomatic Services in 1925 and served in Paris, Berlin, Ankara, Oslo and Madrid before being appointed Minister in Cairo 1945–47 (second to the Ambassador, and chargé d'affaires between ambassadors); High Commissioner and, after independence in 1948, Ambassador to Burma 1947–50; an assistant Under-Secretary (head of department) for the Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign Office 1950–53; and Ambassador to Turkey 1954–58. When Bowker left Turkey, ''The Times'' correspondent there commented that during his term Bowker's last post was Ambassador to Austria, 1958–61. Honours Bowker was appointed in 1945, knighted KCMG in the 1952 New Year Honours, and awarded the additional, senior knighthood of GBE when he retired in 1961. Elsa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bowker (Australian Businessman)
Richard Ryther Steer Bowker (30 August 1815 – 3 April 1903) was an Australian mariner, physician, surgeon and politician. Early life and education Bowker was the son of Thomas Dawson and Elizabeth Steer and born at Campsall, Yorkshire, England. He was awarded diplomas in botany and materia medica in Paris in 1836 and an MD from the University of St Andrews in 1839. He visited Australia in the emigrant ship the ''Shepherd'' and then migrated to Melbourne, Victoria, in the in February 1841. He kept a diary on the voyage which was edited and published by one of his descendants in 2016.Richard Bowker (edited by John Parkinson), ''The surgeon's eye; the shipboard diaries of Richard Ryther Steer Bowker; doctor, voyager, politician, patriarch'', Austin Macauley, London, 2016. . The volume also records his service aboard the Sydney whaler ''Caroline'' (1841–42) as an ordinary seaman. He was a passenger on the ''Susannah'' from London to the Cape in 1845. From there he left to Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Bowker
Peter Bowker (born 5 January 1959) is a British playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for the television serials ''Blackpool'' (2004), a musical drama about a shady casino owner; ''Occupation'' (2009), which follows three military servicemen adjusting to civilian life after a tour of duty in Iraq; and ''Desperate Romantics'' (2009), a biographical drama about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. In 2007, he adapted ''Blackpool'' for CBS as ''Viva Laughlin''. His most recent work was the BBC World War II drama series '' World on Fire''. Biography Born and raised in Hazel Grove, Stockport, Bowker was educated at Marple Hall School and read philosophy and English at the University of Leeds. He taught for twelve years in a Leeds hospital unit for the intellectually disabled, and went on to study for an M.A. in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, where his tutors were novelists Malcolm Bradbury and Rose Tremain. He switched to the screenwriting course after realisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gordon Bowker
Gordon Bowker is an American entrepreneur. He began as a writer and went on to co-found Starbucks with Jerry Baldwin and Zev Siegl. He was later a co-owner of Peet's Coffee & Tea and Redhook Ale Brewery. Biography Following the death of his father in World War II, Bowker was raised by his mother in Ballard and Burien, Washington. He graduated from O'Dea High School in Seattle. From 1960 to 1965, Bowker attended the University of San Francisco, where he was roommates with Baldwin. Bowker dropped out eight credits away from graduation. In 1968, Bowker wrote educational film scripts for a division of King Broadcasting while making freelance contributions for ''Seattle'' magazine. There he met Terry Heckler and the pair formed advertising agency Heckler Bowker. Bowker met David Brewster at the magazine, years later funding the launch of Brewster's ''Seattle Weekly'' and writing restaurant and hospitality reviews under the pen name Lars Henry Ringseth. In 1971, Bowker, Baldwin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldrich Bowker
Aldrich Bowker (January 1, 1875 – March 21, 1947) was an American stage and film actor. Biography Bowker was born in Ashby, Massachusetts. He graduated from Fitchburg High School. His debut came in Boston in a stage adaptation of ''The Christian'', by Hall Caine. He was a long-time stage performer in Chicago and Cincinnati, and in summer stock at amusement park Whalom Park in Lunenburg, Massachusetts. Bowker was a pioneer in "open air" theatre at Whalom Park and at his summer home in Ashburnham, where other performers were frequent guests, including Ainsworth Arnold and Bette Davis. Between 1912 and 1938 he was active on Broadway. Notable stage plays he performed in were ''The High Road'' (1912), ''A Night in Avignon'' (1919), '' You Can't Take It With You'' (1936) and ''200 Were Chosen'' (1936). Between 1939 and 1942 he appeared in about 25 films, including ''Ball of Fire'' (1941). Bowker died at Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino, California, from arterioscl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Bowker
Art Bowker (born 1961 in Ohio), is an author and cybercrime specialist in corrections (pretrial, probation, and parole Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by certain behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated parole officers, or ...). His first book, ''The Cybercrime Handbook for Community Corrections: Managing Risk in the 21st Century'', describes the process of supervising cyber-offenders. Bowker cowrote his second book,'' Investigating Internet Crimes, 1st Edition: An Introduction to Solving Crimes in Cyberspace '', with Todd G. Shipley. His second book provides step-by-step instructions for investigating Internet crimes, including locating, interpreting, understanding, collecting, and documenting online electronic evidence to benefit investigations. Career Bowker has been interviewed by CrimCast and American Hero's Radio. Bowker is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
