John Cowley (cartographer)
John Cowley may refer to: * John Cowley (actor) (1923–1998), Irish actor * John Cowley (British Army officer) (1905–1993), British Army general * John Cowley (cricketer) (1885–1957), English cricketer * John Cowley (entomologist) (1909–1967), English entomologist * John Cowley (racing driver), racing driver who competed at the Bathurst 12 Hour * John Duncan Cowley (1897–1944), librarian and author * John Lodge Cowley (1719–1787), English cartographer, geologist and mathematician * John M. Cowley (1923–2004), professor at Arizona State University See also * Jack Cowley John Bennett Cowley (3 February 1877 – 21 December 1926) was an English footballer who made 68 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He played at left half A midfielder is an outfield position in association ...

John Cowley (actor)
John Cowley (8 September 1923 – 13 February 1998) was an Irish actor, best known for his role as paterfamilias, Tom Riordan, in the long-running RTÉ Television drama series, ''The Riordans''. From a farming background, Cowley was born in Navan, County Meath. He left school at the age of 13 to work on the family farm.''The Irish Times'', "John Cowley, 'Riordans' actor and bloodsports opponent, dies", 14 February 1998. Cowley entered the acting profession as a member of one of the touring companies that brought theatre to rural communities in Ireland up until the 1960s. In a bid to escape the impecunious life of a roving actor, he wrote to Laurence Olivier seeking a position at the Old Vic; however, Olivier politely declined. In 1964, Cowley was chosen to play the part of Tom Riordan in RTÉ's new series, ''The Riordans''. His performance won him a Jacob's Award in 1967 and he continued in the cast until the series ended in 1979. Tom Hickey, who played Tom Riordan's son, B ...
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John Cowley (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant general (United Kingdom), Lieutenant General Sir John Guise Cowley, (20 August 1905 – 7 January 1993) was a British Army officer and George Cross recipient who reached high rank in the 1950s. Military career Cowley was born at Mussoorie, North British Raj, India, the son of an army chaplain. Returning to England as a baby, his early years were spent in a Dorset village, where his father was the rector. Educated at Wellington College, Berkshire, Wellington College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, Cowley was Officer (armed forces), commissioned into the Royal Engineers on 3 September 1925. He was promoted to lieutenant on 3 September 1927. Posted to India, by 1935 Cowley was attached to the 16th Army Troops Company, 2nd Queen Victoria's Own Madras Sappers and Miners (now the Madras Engineer Group of the Indian Army) in Quetta. Here he was awarded the Albert Medal (lifesaving), Albert Medal, subsequently exchanged for the George Cross, for his actions in rescu ...
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John Cowley (cricketer)
John Norman Cowley (7 February 1885 – 5 August 1957) was an English first-class cricketer. Born at Marylebone, Cowley made his debut in minor counties cricket for Hertfordshire against Cambridgeshire at Fenner's in 1908. He played infrequently for Hertfordshire up until 1911, making a total of five appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. He appeared in a first-class cricket match for the Free Foresters against Oxford University at Oxford in 1914. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by John Heathcoat-Amory in the Free Foresters first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by Orme Bristowe for the same score. He served in the London Regiment during World War I, initially as a private before promotion to lieutenant in February 1915. He died at Bovingdon in Hertfordshire Hertfordshire ( or ; often abbreviated Herts) is one of the home counties in southern England. It borders Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire to the north, E ...
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John Cowley (entomologist)
John Cowley (1909–1967) was an English entomologist specializing on Odonata and Diptera. Born in Albourne, Sussex, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society of London The Royal Entomological Society is devoted to the study of insects. Its aims are to disseminate information about insects and improving communication between entomologists. The society was founded in 1833 as the Entomological Society of London ... in 1931. References External links * 1909 births 1967 deaths English entomologists 20th-century British zoologists People from Albourne {{UK-entomologist-stub ...
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John Cowley (racing Driver)
John Cowley may refer to: * John Cowley (actor) (1923–1998), Irish actor * John Cowley (British Army officer) (1905–1993), British Army general * John Cowley (cricketer) (1885–1957), English cricketer * John Cowley (entomologist) (1909–1967), English entomologist * John Cowley (racing driver), racing driver who competed at the Bathurst 12 Hour * John Duncan Cowley (1897–1944), librarian and author * John Lodge Cowley (1719–1787), English cartographer, geologist and mathematician * John M. Cowley (1923–2004), professor at Arizona State University See also * Jack Cowley John Bennett Cowley (3 February 1877 – 21 December 1926) was an English footballer who made 68 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City. He played at left half A midfielder is an outfield position in association ...

Bathurst 12 Hour
The Bathurst 12 Hour, currently known as the Liqui Moly Bathurst 12 Hour for sponsorship reasons, is an annual endurance race for GT and production cars held at the Mount Panorama Circuit, in Bathurst, Australia. The race was first held in 1991 for Series Production cars and moved to Sydney's Eastern Creek Raceway in 1995 before being discontinued. The race was revived in 2007, again for production cars, before adding a new class for GT3 and other GT cars in 2011. This has led to unprecedented domestic and international exposure for the event. In all, eighteen races have taken place; seventeen at Mount Panorama and one at Eastern Creek Raceway (Sydney Motorsport Park). Background The event was inspired by the long-running Bathurst 500 production car race, which began at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit in Victoria in 1960 (before moving to Bathurst in 1963) as a race for standard production cars with minimal modifications. In 1973 when the race was lengthened from ...
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