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Rowlandson
Rowlandson is an English surname meaning son of Rowland or Roland. Bearers of the name include: * Alfred Cecil Rowlandson (1865–1922), Australian publisher * James Rowlandson (1577–1639), English Canon of Windsor * Mary Rowlandson (c. 1637–1711), colonial American woman, captured by Native Americans, who described her experiences *Thomas Rowlandson Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 175721 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social an ... (1756–1827), English artist and caricaturist References {{surname English-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rowlandson
Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 175721 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social and political satires, as well as large number of illustrations for novels, humorous books, and topographical works. Like other caricaturists of his age such as James Gillray, his caricatures are often robust or bawdy. Rowlandson also produced highly explicit erotica for a private clientele; this was never published publicly at the time and is now only found in a small number of collections. His caricatures included those of people in power such as the Duchess of Devonshire, William Pitt the Younger and Napoleon Bonaparte. Biography Rowlandson was born in Old Jewry, in the City of London. He was baptised on 23 July 1757 at St Mary Colechurch, London to William and Mary Rowlandson. The baptismal record for St Mary, now in the London archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Rowlandson
Mary Rowlandson, née White, later Mary Talcott (c. 1637January 5, 1711), was a colonial American woman who was captured by Native Americans in 1676 during King Philip's War and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed. In 1682, six years after her ordeal, ''The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson'' was published. This text is considered a formative American work in the literary genre of captivity narratives. It went through four printings in 1682 and garnered readership both in the New England colonies and in England, leading some to consider it the first American " bestseller". Biography Mary White was born 1637 in Somerset, England. The family left England sometime before 1650, settled at Salem in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and moved in 1653 to Lancaster, on the Massachusetts frontier. There she married Reverend Joseph Rowlandson, the son of Thomas Rowlandson of Ipswich, Massachusetts, in 1656. Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Cecil Rowlandson
Alfred Cecil Rowlandson (15 June 1865 – 15 June 1922) was an Australian publisher and bookseller. __NOTOC__ Early life Alfred Cecil Rowlandson was born on 15 June 1865 at Daylesford, Victoria, the second surviving son of Arthur Hodgson Rowlandson, an Indian-born gold-miner, and his wife Susan Sophia (''née'' Black), born in Brechin, Scotland. Alfred C. Rowlandson was educated at the Northcote State School and then, after the family moved to Queensland, at the Superior Normal School, Brisbane. In 1877 he began working as a shop boy. In 1878 the Rowlandson family moved to Sydney, where Alfred was employed as an office boy in the office of Henry Waddington, of Macquarie-place.Prominent Publisher. Death of Mr. A. C. Rowlandson ''Sydney Morning Herald'', 16 June 1922, page 8. ...
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James Rowlandson
James Rowlandson DD (1577 – 9 May 1639) was a Canon of Windsor from 1638 to 1639''Fasti Wyndesorienses'', May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Career He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford where he graduated BA in 1602, MA in 1605, BD in 1614 and DD in 1636. He was appointed: *Chaplain to Bishop Bilson of Winchester *Vicar of Southampton St Cross and Holyrood 1611 *Rector of Bramdean 1615 *Rector of East Tisted, Hampshire 1615 *Master of the Hospital of St Mary Magdalene, Winchester *Chaplain to King Charles I He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in England is a castle chapel built in the late-medieval Perpendicular Gothic style. It is both a Royal Peculiar (a church under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch) and the Chapel of the Order of the Gar ... in 1638 and held the canonry until 1639. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowlandson, Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowland (other)
Rowland may refer to: Places ;in the United States *Rowland Heights, California, an unincorporated community in Los Angeles County *Rowland, Kentucky, an unincorporated community *Rowland Township, Michigan *Rowland, Missouri, an unincorporated community *Rowland Township, North Carolina **Rowland, North Carolina, a town *Rowland, Nevada, a ghost town *Rowland, Oregon, a ghost town ;Elsewhere *Rowland, Derbyshire, England, a village and civil parish *Rowland (crater), on the Moon People *Rowland (given name), people so named *Rowland (surname), people so named Other *The title character of Childe Rowland, a fairy tale by Joseph Jacobs, based on a Scottish ballad *Rowland Institute for Science, now part of Harvard University *Rowland Theater, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States See also *Roland (other) *Rowlands *Rowlan {{disambig, geo ja:ローランド (曖昧さ回避) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland (other)
Roland (died 778) was a Frankish military leader in Charlemagne's service, and subject of the epic poem ''The Song of Roland''. Roland may also refer to: Places *Rural Municipality of Roland, Manitoba Canada **Roland, Manitoba, a village *Roland, Arkansas, United States, a census-designated place * Roland, Indiana, United States, an unincorporated community * Roland, Iowa, United States, a city *Roland, Oklahoma, United States, a town *Roland, Tasmania, a locality in Australia * Roland, Texas, United States, an unincorporated community * Mount Roland (other) * Lake Roland (other) Music * ''Roland'' (Lully), a 17th-century opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully, and a libretto by Philippe Quinault * ''Roland'' (Piccinni), an opera by Niccolò Piccinni *"Roland", a song on the 2002 album ''Turn On the Bright Lights'' by Interpol *"Roland", a song on the 2008 album '' Oh No, It's Love'' by the Bicycles *" Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner", a 1978 song by Warre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots language, Scots, and then closest related to the Low German, Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is Genetic relationship (linguistics), genealogically West Germanic language, West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by Langues d'oïl, dialects of France (about List of English words of French origin, 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patronymic Surnames
A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. Patronymics are still in use, including mandatory use, in many countries worldwide, although their use has largely been replaced by or transformed into patronymic surnames. Examples of such transformations include common English surnames such as Johnson (son of John). Origins of terms The usual noun and adjective in English is ''patronymic'', but as a noun this exists in free variation alongside ''patronym''. The first part of the word ''patronym'' comes from Greek πατήρ ''patēr'' "father" (GEN πατρός ''patros'' whence the combining form πατρο- ''patro''-); the second part comes from Greek ὄνυμα ''onyma'', a variant form of ὄνομα ''onoma'' "name". In the form ''patronymic'', this stands with the addition of the suffix -ικός (''-ikos''), which was originally used to form adjectives with the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
