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Bowra may refer to: People: * Edward Charles Bowra (1841–1874), British sinologist * Kenneth Bowra, American major-general and diplomat * Maurice Bowra (1898–1971), English classical scholar, academic, and wit * William Bowra (1752–1820), English cricketer Places: * Bowra Sanctuary, Queensland, Australia See also * Bowral {{dab, surname, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Charles Bowra
Edward Charles MacIntosh Bowra (1841–1874) was a British citizen serving in the Chinese Maritime Customs working for the government of the Qing dynasty. He was among those treaty port residents who contributed to Western knowledge of China through translations and scientific work. Career As an amateur Sinologist and botanist he showed a range of scholarly and practical interests which reflected the then Orientalism, common view that a cultivated gentleman could master Oriental culture. He published a history of the province of Canton Province, Canton, and compiled ''Index Sinice et Latine'' for Justus Doolittle'''Vocabulary and Handbook of the Chinese Language''(1872), but his most widely known accomplishment was a pioneering translation of the first eight chapters of Dream of the Red Chamber in 1868. Bowra was educated at the City of London College, then served in the London Custom House, City of London, Custom House before he went to Italy to join the British Legion in suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Bowra
Kenneth Rhodes Bowra (born October 23, 1948) is a retired major general who served in the US Army from 1970 to 2003. Bowra saw service with US special forces in the Vietnam War and Cambodian Civil War and has worked with the Central Intelligence Agency and Joint Special Operations Command. He later fought in the US Invasion of Grenada and in the Somali Civil War and First Gulf War. In 1998 he was given command of the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School and in 2000 was deputy commander of NATO's Kosovo Force. Retiring in 2003 he is now a diplomat with the US State Department in Saudi Arabia. Vietnam Kenneth Bowra attended The Citadel military college in South Carolina and graduated in 1970. He was commissioned into the 82nd Airborne Division and completed special forces training. Deployed in the Vietnam War initially as a Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group reconnaissance team leader Bowra later served as an adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Bowra
Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra, (; 8 April 1898 – 4 July 1971) was an English classical scholar, literary critic and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1938 to 1970, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford from 1951 to 1954. Early life and education Birth and boyhood Bowra was born in Jiujiang, China, to English parents. His father, Cecil Arthur Verner Bowra (1869–1947), who worked for the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs,Mitchell (2004) had been born in Ningpo, and his paternal grandfather, Edward Charles Bowra, had also worked for the Chinese Customs, after serving in the Ever Victorious Army under " Chinese Gordon". Soon after Bowra's birth his father was transferred to the treaty port of Newchwang, and the family lived there for the first five years of Bowra's life, except during the Boxer Rebellion, in the summer of 1900, when Bowra was evacuated to Japan along with his mother, his elder brother, Edward, and other wom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Bowra
William Bowra (1752 – 7 May 1820) was an English cricketer who played in 50 first-class matches between 1775 and 1792.William Bowra CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-21. William Bowra . Retrieved 2022-06-28. Bowra, whose name was pronounced "Borra", Nyren J '''' in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bowra Sanctuary
Bowra Sanctuary is a 140 km2 nature reserve near Cunnamulla in South West Queensland, Australia. It lies in the Mulga Lands bioregion on the Warrego River plains, in the catchment of the Warrego and Paroo Rivers. It is owned and managed by the Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC). History A former cattle station held by the McLaren family for five generations, Bowra was purchased by the AWC in 2010 with assistance from the Federal Government's National Reserve System, from Birds Australia, Bird Observation & Conservation Australia and Birds Queensland, and from private donors. Ecosystems Bowra is characterised by mulga communities, mixed with poplar box and bloodwoods, on the scarp and ridges in the north of the property. It also has alluvial plains covered by gidgee and coolabah open woodlands. river red gums line Gumholes Creek, the reserve's main watercourse; other wetlands include swamps and gilgais. Fauna Birds Over 200 species of birds have bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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