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Cowell may refer to: People *Cowell (surname), surname origin, and people named Cowell Places * Cowell College, California, United States * Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, United States * Cowell, South Australia, Australia * Cowell, Concord, California, United States Ships * USS Cowell Three ships of the United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowell (surname)
Cowell is an English language surname. People Notable people with this surname include: * Brady Cowell (1899–1989), American college sports coach * Brendan Cowell (born 1976), Australian actor, screenwriter and director * Butch Cowell (1887–1940), American coach and administrator in college athletics, brother of Roland * Cressida Cowell (born 1966), English children's author, known for novel ''How to Train Your Dragon'' * Damian Cowell (born ), Australian musician * Edward Byles Cowell (1826–1903), professor of Sanskrit at Cambridge University * Elizabeth Cowell (1912–1998), British broadcaster and television announcer * Frank Cowell, professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science * Henry Cowell (1897–1965), American composer * Several people named '' John Cowell'': ** John "Jack" Cowell (1887–date unknown), English footballer ** John Cowell (1889–1918), Irish World War I flying ace ** John Cowell (1554–1611), English jurist ** Sir John Clayton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowell College
The first of the ten residential colleges of the University of California, Santa Cruz, established in 1965, Cowell College (Samuel Henry Cowell College) sits on the edge of a redwood forest with a remarkable view of Monterey Bay. The college is named for Henry Cowell and the Cowell family, who donated the land that UCSC is built upon, previously known as the Cowell Ranch. Living at Cowell Cowell College features seven dormitory buildings which are named after American historians, and architecturally reminiscent of English schools. Each building houses between 45 and 95 students in two clusters known as Upper Quad and Lower Quad. The buildings are named as follows: Adams, Prescott, Parkman (upper quad); Beard, Parrington, Turner (lower quad); and Morison (though Morison's front entrance opens onto the lower quad, whether the dorm is upper or lower quad is a source of debate.) Three buildings of apartments opened in 2004. Each apartment houses six or seven students in several bed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving mainly forest and riparian areas in the watershed of the San Lorenzo River, including a grove of old-growth coast redwood. It is located in Santa Cruz County, primarily in the area between the cities of Santa Cruz and Scotts Valley, near the community of Felton and the University of California at Santa Cruz. The park includes a non-contiguous extension in the Fall Creek area north of Felton. The park was established in 1953. Geography The main park covers approximately , and the separate Fall Creek (not to be confused with the Fall Creek farther north in San Mateo County) unit contains an additional . The park lies within the southern end of the Northern California coastal forests ecoregion. In the numerous stream canyons live large populations of coast redwood, coast Douglas fir, California bay laurel, tanbark oak, California hazelnut, bigleaf maple and many other native species. Up-sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowell, South Australia
Cowell is a coastal town on Franklin Harbor on the eastern side of the Eyre Peninsula, in South Australia on the Lincoln Highway 111 km south of the major town of Whyalla. It is 493 km by road from Adelaide. Franklin Harbor is a natural harbour 49 km2 in area with a channel to the sea just 100 metres wide. The town of Cowell is the major population centre of the District Council of Franklin Harbour, and the centre of an agricultural district, farming wheat and sheep. The district covers an area of 3,283 square kilometres with a district population in 2011 of 1070. Fishing, and more recently, oyster farming has also been an important industry. History When settlers commenced farming the area in 1853, Franklin Harbour became a logical place to load ships for export of wheat and wool and a small settlement was soon established. The town was surveyed during July 1880 and was proclaimed on 28 October 1880. It was named after John Clayton Cowell who was a British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cowell, Concord, California
Cowell is a former unincorporated community now annexed to Concord in Contra Costa County, California California is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States, located along the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the List of states and territori .... It lies at an elevation of 259 feet (79 m). Cowell was named for Joshua Cowell, local landowner. A post office operated at Cowell from 1922 to 1969. Cowell was a company town for Cowell Portland Cement. Other than a former firehouse, nothing remains of the former town, which was replaced by the Walnut Country subdivision, more commonly known as "The Crossings," during the 1970s. A looming, dormant 244-foot high smokestack remained as the most prominent reminder of Cowell until it was demolished in 2009. References * Concord, California Neighborhoods in Contra Costa County, California Company towns in California {{C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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