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Stowe Corner
Stowe may refer to: Places United Kingdom *Stowe, Buckinghamshire, a civil parish and former village **Stowe House **Stowe School *Stowe, Cornwall, in Kilkhampton parish * Stowe, Herefordshire, in the List of places in Herefordshire * Stowe, Lincolnshire, a hamlet in Barholm and Stowe parish *Stowe, Shropshire, a small village and civil parish *Stowe-by-Chartley, Staffordshire, a village and civil parish * Stowe Pool, a reservoir in Lichfield, Staffordshire *Stowe, a corner of the Silverstone Circuit United States * Stowe Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania *Stowe, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place *Stowe, Vermont, a town ** Stowe Mountain Resort ski area **Stowe Recreation Path * Lake Stowe, Vermont *Stowe, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Elsewhere *Stowe, Alberta, Canada *Stowe, Dominica People *Barry Stowe (born 1957), American businessman *Calvin Ellis Stowe (1802–1886), American biblical scholar, husband of Harriet Beecher Stowe *Dorothy Stowe (1920†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stowe, Buckinghamshire
Stowe is a civil parish and former village about northwest of Buckingham in the unitary authority area of Buckinghamshire, England. The parish includes the hamlets of Boycott, Dadford and Lamport. Stowe House is a Grade I listed country house in the parish and is occupied by Stowe School. History Stowe's toponym probably refers to an ancient holy place of great significance in Anglo-Saxon times. The manor of Stowe predates the Norman conquest of England. The Domesday Book of 1086 assessed the manor at five hides. It listed William the Conqueror's half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux as the manor's feudal overlord and the Norman brothers-in-arms Robert D'Oyly and Roger d'Ivry as his tenants. D'Oyly founded Oxford Castle and he and d'Ivry founded a college of secular canons there. Not long after 1086 the manor of Stowe was transferred to the college's endowment, confirmed by a charter of Henry I in 1130. By 1150 the Augustinians of Osney Abbey had absorbed the college, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Stowe
Lake Stowe was a glacial lake that formed in Central Vermont approximately 15,000 years ago in the late Pleistocene epoch. After the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated, glacial ice melt accumulated at the terminal moraine. The lake existed until the glacier had completely melted. Then it flowed out through the Lamoille River valley. The lake was named after Stowe, near where evidence of the lake was discovered. See also *Champlain Sea *Lake Albany *Lake Hitchcock *Lake Merrimack Lake Merrimack was a glacial lake that formed during the late Pleistocene epoch. After the Laurentide Ice Sheet retreated, glacial ice melt accumulated at the terminal moraine and blocked up the Merrimack River, creating the narrow lake. The lake ex ... References Former lakes of the United States Stowe, Vermont Lakes of Vermont Proglacial lakes Bodies of water of Lamoille County, Vermont Glacial lakes of the United States {{Vermont-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Stowe
Sir Kenneth Ronald Stowe (17 July 1927 Р29 August 2015) was a senior British civil servant. He was Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister 1975 to 1979, and the Permanent Under-Secretary of State of the Northern Ireland Office 1979 to 1981. From 1981 to 1987 he was Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Security. He was made a CB in 1977, CVO in 1979, and KCB in 1980 and a GCB in 1986. Biography Stowe was born in Dagenham, Essex on 17 July 1927. His father Arthur Percy Stowe was maker of spectacles and his mother was Emmie Louise (Emma), n̩e Webb. Stowe attended Dagenham County High School and studied history, under a scholarship, at Exeter College, Oxford. On 20 August 1949, Stowe married Joan Frances Randall Cullen, a teacher, in Essex. The couple went on to have two sons and a daughter. He was widowed in 1995 Stowe graduated in 1951, he joined the civil service's National Assistance Board (later to become the Ministry of Social Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Stowe
John Eric Stowe, O.F.M. Conv., (born April 15, 1966) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Lexington in Kentucky since 2015. Biography Early life Stowe was born in Amherst, Ohio, on April 15, 1966 to John and Lucy Stowe and grew up in Lorain, Ohio. After graduating from Lorain Catholic High School in 1984, he was admitted as a candidate to the Province of Our Lady of Consolation of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual. After Stowe completed his Novitiate year and been admitted to the Order, he was sent to study at Saint Louis University; he graduated with a double major in history and philosophy. He professed his solemn vows in the Order on August 1, 1992. Stowe then pursued his seminary studies at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, California. He received the degrees of Master of Divinity and a Licentiate of Sacred Theology, specializing in church history. Priesthood Stowe was ordained as a priest on September 16, 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irving Stowe
Irving Harold Stowe (né Strasmich; July 25, 1915 – October 28, 1974) was a Yale lawyer, activist, and a founder of Greenpeace. He was named one of the "BAM 100" (Brown University's 100 most influential graduates of the 20th century). Biography Irving Stowe was born Irving Strasmich in Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated magna cum laude from Brown University in Economics before completing a law degree at Yale. In the 1930s he studied Mandarin, believing it to be the language of the future. He chaired the Legal Advisory Committee of the Rhode Island Council for Human Rights; marched against nuclear proliferation; and on his wedding night (an elopement with Dorothy Rabinowitz, a social worker and fellow activist) both bride and groom attended a benefit dinner for the NAACP. In 1961 Stowe moved with his wife and their two young children to New Zealand, where he taught Admiralty Law at the University of Auckland. He joined protests against the Vietnam War. Born Jewish, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Stovey
Harry Duffield Stovey (''né'' Stowe; December 20, 1856 – September 20, 1937) was a 19th-century Major League Baseball player and the first player in major league history to hit 100 home runs. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stovey played for fourteen seasons in the majors and was appointed player-manager on two separate occasions during his career. Known today as both a prolific home run hitter and base-stealer, he led the league in both categories multiple times in his career, including a season record of fourteen home runs in and a league-leading 97 stolen bases in . He stole 509 bases in his career, which is tied for 35th all-time; among players who played in fifteen seasons or less, he ranks sixth. Stovey finished in the top ten in home runs eleven times (1880–1886, 1888–1991), which included time in three leagues; he led the league in home runs five times. He also finished in the top ten in runs scored ten times, batting average six times, and on-base percentage s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe (; June 14, 1811 – July 1, 1896) was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings and for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day. Life and work Harriet Elisabeth Beecher was born in Litchfield, Connecticut on June 14, 1811.McFarland, Philip. ''Loves of Harriet Beecher Stowe''. New York: Grove Press, 2007: 112. She was the sixth of 11 children born to outspoken Calvinist preache ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Stowe
Harold Rudolph Stowe (born August 29, 1937) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. Following his college baseball career with the Clemson Tigers, Stowe played in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees in 1960. Amateur career Stowe is from Gastonia, North Carolina. He played in American Legion Baseball and led his team to the national finals in 1954. He attended Belmont High School in Belmont, North Carolina, and played for their baseball team. Stowe enrolled at Clemson University and played college baseball for the Clemson Tigers. As a junior in 1958, Stowe set school records with 14 wins, 21 games pitched, 15 games started, innings pitched, and 126 strikeouts. His wins and strikeouts were the most in college baseball that season. Used as a stopper in 1959, he pitched in 19 of Clemson's 32 games. Stowe pitched for the Tigers in the 1959 College World Series (CWS), and was named to the All-Tournament Team. For his collegiate career, Stowe had a 24–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Stowe
Emily Howard Stowe (n̩e Jennings, May 1, 1831 РApril 30, 1903) was a Canadian physician who was the first female physician to practise in Canada, the second licensed female physician in Canada and an activist for women's rights and suffrage. Stowe helped found the women's suffrage movement in Canada and campaigned for the country's first medical college for women. Early life Emily Howard Jennings was born in Norwich Township, Oxford County, Ontario, as one of six daughters of farmers Hannah Howard and Solomon Jennings. While Solomon converted to Methodism, Hannah (who had been educated at a Quaker seminary in the United States) raised her daughters as Quakers in a community that encouraged women to participate and receive an education. She home-schooled Stowe and her five sisters and taught them skills in herbal healing. After teaching at local schools for seven years, her public struggle to achieve equality for women began in 1852, when she applied for admission to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Stowe
Dorothy Anne Stowe (n̩e Rabinowitz; December 22, 1920 РJuly 23, 2010) was an American-born Canadian social activist and environmentalist, best known for co-founding Greenpeace. Life and environmentalism Stowe was born in Providence, Rhode Island. While a college student, she organized and served as the first president of a social workers local of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. Despite being called a communist by the governor, she won her workers a 33% wage increase. In 1953, Stowe married Irving Strasmich. The couple became Quakers and changed their surname to Stowe in honor of Harriet Beecher Stowe, a pioneer abolitionist and noted author. The couple had two children, Robert (born 1955) and Barbara (born 1956). In 1961, the family moved to New Zealand to avoid supporting the American government's policies with their taxes. When France started its own nuclear tests in Polynesia, the Stowes relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calvin Ellis Stowe
Calvin Ellis Stowe (April 6, 1802 – August 22, 1886) was an American Biblical scholar who helped spread public education in the United States. Over his career, he was a professor of languages and Biblical and sacred literature at Andover Theological Seminary, Dartmouth College, Lane Theological Seminary, and Bowdoin College. He was the husband and literary agent of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of the best-seller ''Uncle Tom's Cabin''. Early life and education Stowe was born in South Natick, Massachusetts. His father, a village baker, died due to an accident in 1808. He left an impoverished widow with two sons. Stowe was sent to his maternal grandparents to live. At the age of twelve, Stowe was apprenticed to a paper maker. Stowe had an insatiable craving for books, and acquired the rudiments of Latin by studying at odd moments during his apprenticeship in the paper mill. He saved enough money to pay for a year at Bradford Academy in 1818. His earnest desire and determine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Stowe
Barry Stowe (born November 1957) is an American business executive. He held senior positions at leading insurance companies, including Prudential plc and American International Group (AIG). Early life and education Barry Lee Stowe was born in November 1957, a seventh-generation Nashvillian. He is a graduate of Lipscomb Academy, and Lipscomb University, where he received a bachelor of arts in politics and classical studies in 1979. Stowe was named as Lipscomb’s alumnus of the year in 2009, and in 2014, the College of Business dedicated an auditorium in his honor. Career In 1980, following Stowe’s graduation from Lipscomb, he joined Corroon & Black, a Nashville-based insurance firm that later merged with Willis Faber to form Willis Corroon Group. In 1992 he joined Nisus, a subsidiary of Pan-American life, and was ultimately appointed its president and CEO. In 1995, Stowe joined AIG where he held several senior positions, including being president of AIG Life Companies Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
