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John Rowland (clergyman)
John Rowland may refer to: * Bo Rowland (1903–1964), American football player and coach, basketball player * John A. Rowland (1791–1873), California pioneer * John G. Rowland (born 1957), American (former) Governor of Connecticut * John Sharpe Rowland (1798–1863), 19th-century American politician * John Rowland (diplomat) (1925–1996), Australian diplomat * John Rowland (footballer, born 1936) (1936–2002), Welsh footballer * John Rowland (footballer, born 1941) (1941–2020), English footballer * John Cambrian Rowland (1819–1890), Welsh painter * John T. Rowland (1871–1945), American architect * John Rowland (MP), represented Winchelsea Characters * John Rowland (''Desperate Housewives''), character in the U.S. television series ''Desperate Housewives'' * John Rowland: the main protagonist in the 1898 novella '' The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility'' by Morgan Robertson See also * John Roland (1941–2023), American news presenter and reporter * John Rowlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bo Rowland
John Howell "Bo" Rowland (March 20, 1903 – September 23, 1964) was an American football player and coach of football and basketball. He served as the head football coach at Henderson-Brown College—now Henderson State University (1925–1930), Ouachita Baptist University (1931), The Citadel (1940–1942), Oklahoma City University (1946–1947), and George Washington University (1948–1951), compiling a career college football coaching record of 90–47–7. Rowland was also the head basketball coach at Henderson-Brown from 1925 to 1931 and at Cornell University from 1936 to 1938, tallying a career college basketball coaching mark of 40–58. Rowland died at the age of 61 on September 23, 1964 at a hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas (The Little Rock, The "Little Rock") , government_type = council-manager government, Council-manager , leader_title = List of mayors of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_ ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John A
Sir John Alexander Macdonald (January 10 or 11, 1815 – June 6, 1891) was the first prime minister of Canada, serving from 1867 to 1873 and from 1878 to 1891. The dominant figure of Canadian Confederation, he had a political career that spanned almost half a century. Macdonald was born in Scotland; when he was a boy his family immigrated to Kingston in the Province of Upper Canada (today in eastern Ontario). As a lawyer, he was involved in several high-profile cases and quickly became prominent in Kingston, which elected him in 1844 to the legislature of the Province of Canada. By 1857, he had become premier under the colony's unstable political system. In 1864, when no party proved capable of governing for long, Macdonald agreed to a proposal from his political rival, George Brown, that the parties unite in a Great Coalition to seek federation and political reform. Macdonald was the leading figure in the subsequent discussions and conferences, which resulted in the Brit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John G
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sharpe Rowland
Major John Sharpe Rowland (August 6, 1795 – September 18, 1863) was a wealthy plantations in the American South, planter and politician in antebellum antebellum South Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. During the American Civil War he served as Superintendent of the Western and Atlantic Railroad. Early life and military service Major Rowland was born in Rutherfordton, North Carolina, to Thomas and Mildred Lewis Rowland. His father served in the Revolutionary War. In 1810 his family moved to Greenville, South Carolina, and at age 17 John Sharpe Rowland "began teaching an English school with the permission of his parents." He volunteered during the War of 1812 and served in Captain William Turner's Company under Lieutenant Colonel John Ashe Alston's 3rd Regiment, South Carolina Militia. There he served with rank as private, adjutant, and mustered out as a corporal. After the war at age 19 he was appointed Collector of the Direct Tax of Pendleton Distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
