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Rowley Public Library
Rowley may refer to: Places Canada * Rowley, Alberta * Rowley Island, Nunavut United Kingdom * Rowley, County Durham, a hamlet * Rowley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England * Rowley, Shropshire, a location in Shropshire, England * Rowley Regis, a historic parish in the West Midlands, England United States * Rowley, Iowa * Rowley, Massachusetts ** Rowley (CDP), Massachusetts * Rowley, Utah * Rowley Creek, a stream in Wisconsin People Surname * Alec Rowley (1892–1958), English composer * Alex Rowley (born 1963), Scottish politician * Arthur Rowley (footballer born 1870), English footballer with Stoke and Port Vale * Arthur Rowley (1926–2002), English footballer with Fulham, Leicester City and Shrewsbury * Bartholomew Rowley (1764–1811), British naval officer * Beth Rowley, English singer-songwriter * Sir Charles Rowley, 1st Baronet (1770–1845), British naval officer * Chris Rowley, American baseball pitcher * Christopher Rowley (born 1948), American writer * Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowley, Alberta
Rowley is a Hamlet (place) , hamlet In Alberta, Canada within Starland County. It is located just north of Drumheller. History Less than a year before the new millennium, the last train passed through Rowley. In the mid-1970s, Rowley, which had once boasted a population of about 500 in the 1920s, was a beat-up dying community, with rows of empty houses and businesses, and inhabited by only a few dozen prairie-hardened souls. But one night, a few party-happy locals, whose liquor supply was fast dwindling, decided on a quick solution – a "B & E party" at a boarded-up old saloon. The bar was fixed up and named Sam's Saloon after one of the previous owners who had been a respected member of the community. The brazen men then got talking about sprucing up the pioneer community to make it a heritage stop for tourists. For the next quarter century, locals restored old homes and businesses, and soon visitors were attracted from all parts of Alberta, Canada and the U.S. The hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beth Rowley
Beth Ann Rowley is an English singer-songwriter. Early life Rowley was born in Peru to British parents who moved back to Bristol, England when Rowley was two years old. Career Early career She was influenced by her family's love for many different musical styles, particularly blues, country, folk, gospel and Latin American music. When aged 16, Rowley formed The Apogee, an original 5 piece funk/soul/ acid jazz group. At age 17, she was spotted at an open mic night in the London entertainment club, Ginglik, in Shepherd's Bush. Rowley studied music and art at Weston-super-Mare College and in 2003, went on to the Brighton Institute of Modern Music with the particular help and encouragement of soulsinger Carleen Anderson. During her time at the school, Rowley toured with Ronan Keating and Enrique Iglesias, providing backing vocals. She attended St Mary Redcliffe and Temple School, in Bristol. 2000–present In 2000, Rowley teamed up with jazz saxophonist Ben Castle (son of Roy), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Dawson Rowley
George Dawson Rowley (3 May 1822 – 21 November 1878) was an English amateur ornithologist who published a series called Ornithological Miscellany in which he reprinted notes on bird studies of the time. He studied at Eton and Trinity college and was a friend of John Wolley (1823–1859) along with whom he graduated in 1846. He settled in Brighton and spent considerable time researching the history of the great auk and his ornithological journal included specially chosen works by the leading ornithologists of his time. He translated and published the works of Nikolai Przhevalsky Nikolay Mikhaylovich Przhevalsky (or Prjevalsky;; pl, Nikołaj Przewalski, . – ) was a Russian geographer of Polish descent (he was born in a Polish noble family), and a renowned explorer of Central and East Asia. Although he never reache .... Family George Dawson Rowley was the son of George William Rowley & his wife Jane Catherine née Maine On 30 October 1849 he married his cousin Caroline Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rowley (cricketer)
George Rowley (10 May 1896 – 8 August 1953) was an English cricketer. He played for Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ... between 1926 and 1933. References External links * * 1896 births 1953 deaths English cricketers Essex cricketers People from Brabourne {{England-cricket-bio-1890s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rowley (entrepreneur)
George Rowley (born 1964) is a British entrepreneur who is often credited with starting the absinthe revival in the popular market in Western Europe. Rowley was born in England, started his career within insurance and moved to Prague in the early 1990s to assist a local subsidiary. It was in Prague that he first experienced both Czech beer and absinth, and he launched several alcoholic drinks ventures when he moved back to England. In 1996, he founded Bohemia Beer House Ltd. (later BBH Spirits). In 1998 he applied EU directive No. 88/388/EEC (which included the legal limits for thujone) to absinthe. The testing was approved by UK Trading Standards in June 1998. In 1998 he launched Czech absinth in the UK and his action became one of the catalysts for the resurgence of absinthe in Europe and the world. He also launched eAbsinthe, then the world's first absinthe e-tailer. In 2000, with the assistance of Marie-Claude Delahaye, founder and curator of the Absinthe Museum, Auve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Rowley (academic)
George Rowley (4 April 1782 – 5 October 1836) was Dean and Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. Education Rowley was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon-on-Thames (now Abingdon School). Career George Rowley was the Dean of University College in the early 19th century, at the time of Percy Bysshe Shelley's expulsion for writing the pamphlet ''The Necessity of Atheism'' in 1811. He became Master of University College from 1821 to 1836 and later Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1832 to 1836. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society on 14 November 1811. See also * List of Old Abingdonians Old Abingdonians are former pupils of Abingdon School or, in some cases, Honorary Old Abingdonians who have been awarded the status based on service to the School. The Old Abingdonians also run the Old Abingdonian Club (OA club) which is an organ ... References 1782 births 1836 deaths People educated at Ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geoff Rowley
Geoffrey Joseph Rowley Jr. (born 6 June 1976) is an English professional skateboarder, former co-owner of Flip Skateboards and owner of the Civilware Service Corporation. He received ''Thrasher Magazine'' "Skater of the Year" award in 2000. Early life Rowley started skateboarding around 1989 in his home city of Liverpool. He would skate for the course of entire days, while his friends would only skate for relatively short periods. In an interview for the UK magazine, ''rad'', Rowley stated that he first became interested in skateboarding because "A lot of people in my school were into skating and I became interested through them." In the same interview, Rowley explained that his parents were both supportive of his skating, although his father was "not into me sitting around the house all day." At the time of the interview, Rowley was sponsored by Gullwing, Siesta, Airwalk, and Jeremy. In a 2013 interview, Rowley provided further insight into his adolescence, explaining that ska ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis H
Francis may refer to: People *Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State and Bishop of Rome *Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters *Francis (surname) Places * Rural Municipality of Francis No. 127, Saskatchewan, Canada * Francis, Saskatchewan, Canada **Francis (electoral district) *Francis, Nebraska *Francis Township, Holt County, Nebraska * Francis, Oklahoma *Francis, Utah Other uses * ''Francis'' (film), the first of a series of comedies featuring Francis the Talking Mule, voiced by Chill Wills *''Francis'', a 1983 play by Julian Mitchell *FRANCIS, a bibliographic database * ''Francis'' (1793), a colonial schooner in Australia *Francis turbine, a type of water turbine *Francis (band), a Sweden-based folk band * Francis, a character played by YouTuber Boogie2988 See also *Saint Francis (other) *Francies, a surname, including a list of people with the name *Francisco (other) *Francis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Rowley
Elizabeth Rowley (born c. 1949) is the current leader of the Communist Party of Canada. A long-time politician, writer, and political activist, Rowley served as a school trustee in the former Toronto borough of East York. Before becoming leader of the Communist Party of Canada, Rowley was leader of the Communist Party of Ontario. She has been a member of the Central Executive of the Communist Party of Canada since 1978, and has campaigned for office many times at the municipal, federal and provincial levels. Rowley was elected leader of the Communist Party of Canada in January 2016 by the Party's Central Committee, following the retirement of Miguel Figueroa. She is the first female leader of the Communist Party of Canada. Early life and activism Born in British Columbia in 1949, Rowley attended the University of Alberta in Edmonton, and was active with the Young Communist League of Canada. She joined the Communist Party in 1967. As a young activist, Rowley campaigned against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Rowley
Richard William Morris Rowley DCM (13 January 1904 – 18 April 1984) was an Irish professional footballer who played as an inside-forward or centre-forward for Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and Preston North End in the English Football League, as well as representing the Irish national team. Early life Rowley was born in Enniskillen, the son of a major in the British army. He moved to Hampshire as a child and was educated at Taunton's Grammar School, Southampton, where he played rugby. During his youth, he excelled at various sports including cricket, golf, tennis, sprinting and hurdling. Upon joining the armed forces, he served at Fulwood Barracks in Lancashire and Tidworth Camp in Wiltshire, receiving the Distinguished Conduct Medal. Club career He played for Andover as an amateur from September 1922, and after scoring a few goals from the wing, he was signed by Swindon Town in November 1924, still retaining his amateur status. He made his Swindon debut away to Exe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cynthia Rowley
Cynthia Rowley (born July 29, 1958) is an American fashion designer based in the Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Early life and education Rowley is a native of Barrington, Illinois a northwestern suburb of Chicago. She is one of three children born to Ed Rowley, a former science teacher, and his wife, Clementine, who was a painter. Rowley made her first dress at age seven. Her grandparents included the designer of the Pabst Blue Ribbon logo and a painter. She graduated from Barrington High School and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1988. Rowley was kicked out of her junior year art show at SAIC because her use of wings in her design. In an interview with the C''hicago Tribune'', Rowley said that Marshall Field's had bought her first collection while she was still a student at SAIC. Career In 1981, Rowley won an SAIC fellowship award in her senior year and used the money to move from Chicago to New York City. She then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coleen Rowley
Coleen Rowley (born December 20, 1954) is an American former FBI special agent and whistleblower, and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) candidate for Congress in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota in 2006. She lost the general election to Republican incumbent John Kline. Rowley is well known for testifying as to concerns regarding the FBI ignoring information of a suspected terrorist during 9/11, which led to a two-year investigation by the Department of Justice. Early life and education Rowley grew up in New Hampton, Iowa, and graduated valedictorian of her high school class in 1973. Her father was a letter carrier for 31 years. She received her B.A. degree in French and with honors from Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, in 1977. In 1980, she received her J.D. degree from the University of Iowa College of Law and passed the Iowa bar exam that summer.Max LerneColeen RowleyCivil liberties in times of war. PBS Now, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
