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Gowans
Gowans is a surname. Notable people with the name include: * Alan Gowans (1923–2001), art historian and academic * Betty Gowans (born 1947), Canadian sprint canoer * Brad Gowans (1903–1954), American jazz trombonist and reedist * Chris Gowans (born 1977), Australian rules football player * Fred R. Gowans (born 1936), American professor who specializes in the fur trade in the American West * James Gowans (other), multiple people, including: ** James Gowans (architect) (1821–1890), Scottish architect and quarry owner **James Gowans (rugby union) (1872–1936), Scottish rugby union player **James Learmonth Gowans (born 1924), English immunologist ** James Gowans (Australian footballer) (born 1977), Australian footballer * John Gowans John Gowans (13 November 1934 – 8 December 2012) was a Scottish clergyman, who was the 16th General of The Salvation Army from 1999 to 2002, succeeding General Paul Rader. He is also notable for pairing with General John Larsson in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gowans
John Gowans (13 November 1934 – 8 December 2012) was a Scottish clergyman, who was the 16th General of The Salvation Army from 1999 to 2002, succeeding General Paul Rader. He is also notable for pairing with General John Larsson in the composition of many songs and musicals. Childhood Gowans was born in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, on 13 November 1934, the third of five children. His parents were Salvation Army officers. At age 18, he undertook national service, with plans to train for the teaching profession. He eventually decided to join the British Army, where his first choice was the Army Catering Corps. However, the Army recommended he join the Royal Army Educational Corps. He then spent his two years of national service in Germany. Work in The Salvation Army In 1954, Gowans entered the Salvation Army International Training College (Soulwinners Session). There he met his wife Gisèle Bonhotal who, herself, was a qualified children's nurse. She was French by birth and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gowans (architect)
Sir James Gowans (1 August 1821 – 25 June 1890) was an Edinburgh architect and builder. Life Born in Blackness near Linlithgow he was the son of a local mason Walter Gowans (1791–1858) and his wife, Isabella Grott (d.1854). He trained under the Edinburgh architect David Bryce. In 1848 he married his first wife Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of James Mitchell a railway contractor. She died in the bath, in their home at 34 Rosebank Cottages, in what would appear unusual circumstances on 26 September 1858. Soon after, he married his second wife, Mary Brodie, daughter of the sculptor William Brodie."James Gowans" ''Dictionary of Scottish architects''. Retrieved 6 November 2012. He built "Rockville" on Napier Road for them to live in. This house was his tour-de-force and included a five storey viewing tower. Sculpture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gowans (rugby Union)
Major James Gowans, DSO (23 April 1872 – 14 March 1936) was an English-born sportsman who played international rugby union as a wing for Scotland and as a cricketer represented Marylebone Cricket Club. Personal history Gowans was born in Westoe, South Shields in 1872 to Dr. William Gowans of Westoe House. He was educated at Harrow before matriculating to Clare College, Cambridge in 1890. Gowans joined the British Army as an officer in the Durham Artillery Militia, a militia regiment, where he was promoted to captain on 13 May 1896. He volunteered for active service fighting in South Africa during the Second Boer War, and left Southampton with other men of the regiment in the SS ''Umbria'' in March 1900. From March to June 1900 he served in operations around Natal and later around the Zululand Frontier, including the defence of Forts Itala and Prospect, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Gowans
Arthur Bradford "Brad" Gowans (December 3, 1903, Billerica, Massachusetts – September 8, 1954, Los Angeles) was an American jazz trombonist and reedist. Gowans' earliest work was on the Dixieland jazz scene, playing with the Rhapsody Makers Band, Tommy DeRosa's New Orleans Jazz Band, and Perley Breed. In 1926 he played cornet with Joe Venuti, and worked later in the 1920s with Red Nichols, Jimmy Durante, Mal Hallett (1927–29), and Bert Lown. He left music for several years during the Great Depression, then returned to play with Bobby Hackett (1936), Frank Ward, Wingy Manone (1938), Hackett again, Joe Marsala, and Bud Freeman's Summa Cum Laude Band (1939–40). Early in the 1940s he played regularly at Nick's in Greenwich Village in New York City, and worked with Ray McKinley and Art Hodes. As a clarinetist, he played in the reconstituted Original Dixieland Jazz Band's 1940s recordings. He stopped playing again briefly in the mid-1940s, then returned to play with Max Kami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gowans
Peter Taylor Gowans (25 May 1944 – 17 November 2009) was a Scottish football winger who played more than 400 Football League games for three English clubs. He started his career with junior team Dundee Shamrock, moving to Celtic for the 1960/61 season. However, Gowans did not play a senior first team game for the Scottish giants, and he moved to Crewe Alexandra in 1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov .... Nineteen-year-old Gowans was signed by Crewe manager Jimmy McGuigan. He went on to spend 3 seasons with the Railwaymen, scoring 47 league goals for them. Gowans moved to Aldershot in 1966/67 and made over 100 League appearances for The Shots. In 1970, he moved back north with Rochdale, and Gowans made a total of 155 senior league and cup appearances for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gowans
William Gowans (March 29, 1803 - November 27, 1870) was a prominent antiquarian An antiquarian or antiquary () is an fan (person), aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifact (archaeology), artifac ... bookseller in New York City. In 1821, he emigrated to the USA with his family. Around 1837, he stayed as a boarder in the house where Edgar Allan Poe also lived. He ran a bookstore for over 40 years, and for his last 10 years was the proprietor of a famously cluttered shop overflowing with volumes on Nassau Street in lower Manhattan.(30 November 1870)Obituary: William Gowans '' The New York Times''Dickinson, Donald CThe Late William Gowans ''American Bibliopolist'', p. 127-29 (Vol. 4, No. 39) (March 1872) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Gowans
Alan Gowans (November 30, 1923 – August 19, 2001) was an art historian and university academic, educated at the University of Toronto and Princeton University. A charismatic teacher and prolific author, his academic specialty was North American architecture, frequently highlighting such unheralded structures as gas stations, restaurants, motels, bungalows and mail-order homes, and exploring their social, cultural and national significance. Perhaps his most influential work was ''Images of American Living''. A partial list of the teaching and research institutions at which Gowans held teaching positions includes: Rutgers University, Middlebury College, Harvard University, University of Edinburgh, Stockholm University and Uppsala University. A former president of the Society of Architectural Historians, he served as chairman of the art history department at the University of Delaware and as founding chairman of the Department of History in Art at the University of Victoria in Victo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Gowans
Chris Gowans (born 13 March 1977) is a former Australian rules football player who played for Central District in the South Australian National Football League. Career Chris Gowans was recruited from Werribee Football Club to the St Kilda Football Club of the Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ... with the 25th selection in the 1999 Rookie Draft. He failed to play a senior game at St Kilda, so moved to Central District along with twin brother James Gowans, both players league debuting in 2000. He is the only player to win the Jack Oatey Medal twice. Chris, along with twin brother James, has played in an unprecedented 17 consecutive Grand Finals (1995 - 97 with Anglesea, 1998 with Werribee, 1999 with St Kilda Reserves, 2000 - 11 with Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gowans (Australian Footballer)
James Gowans (born 13 March 1977) is an Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda in the Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ... (AFL). Recruited from Werribee, Gowans only made four appearances with the St Kilda senior side, mostly as a half forward flanker. In 2000 he joined his twin brother Chris at Central District. He has participated in all of the club's nine SANFL premierships and won the Jack Oatey Medal when they claimed their first flag in 2000. He also won a Bob Quinn Medal in 2002 and the Central District 'Best and Fairest' award the following year. References * *Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). ''The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers''. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gowans, James 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Gowans (other) (1815–1909), Canadian lawyer, judge, and senator
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James Gowans may refer to: *Sir James Gowans (architect) (1821–1890), Scottish architect and quarry owner *James Gowans (rugby union) (1872–1936), Scottish rugby union player *Sir James Learmonth Gowans (1924–2020), English immunologist *James Gowans (Australian footballer) (born 1977), Australian footballer See also * James Gowan (1923–2015), Scottish-born architect *James Robert Gowan Sir James Robert Gowan, (December 22, 1815 – March 18, 1909) was a Canadian lawyer, judge, and senator. Born in Cahore, County Wexford, Ireland, the son of Henry Hatton Gowan and Elizabeth Burkitt, he was educated privately in Dublin. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Learmonth Gowans
Sir James Learmonth Gowans (7 May 1924 – 1 April 2020) was a British physician and immunologist. In 1945, while studying medicine at King's College Hospital, he assisted at the liberated Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a voluntary medical student. Gowans was born in Sheffield, England. He graduated in medicine in 1947 from King's College Hospital, then in 1948 obtained a degree in physiology at Oxford, followed by a Ph.D. with Howard Florey at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at Oxford on lymphocytes. He then became a professor of experimental pathology at Oxford. In 1977, he left his research career for ten years to be secretary of the Medical Research Council. He served as Secretary-General of the Human Frontier Science Program in 1989. He was a colleague and life-long friend of George Bellamy Mackaness. He made significant discoveries about the role of lymphocytes in the immune response. In particular, he showed that some lymphocytes were not short-lived ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Gowans
Tony Gowans is a former association football player who represented New Zealand at international level. Gowans played three official A-international matches for New Zealand in 1967 at the Vietnam National Day Soccer Tournament: a 3–5 loss to Australia on 5 November 1967, a 3–1 win over Singapore on 8 November and a 1–5 loss to South Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Việt Nam Cộng hòa), was a state in Southeast Asia that existed from 1955 to 1975, the period when the southern portion of Vietnam was a member of the Western Bloc during part of th ... on 10 November 1967. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people New Zealand men's association footballers New Zealand men's international footballers Men's association football players not categorized by position {{NewZealand-footy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
