Thomas Rowley (other)
Thomas Rowley may refer to: *Thomas Rowley (headmaster) (1797–1877), headmaster of Bridgnorth Grammar School *Thomas Rowley (poet) (1721–1796), Vermont poet *Thomas Rowley (runholder) (died 1903), New Zealand member of Parliament for Ellesmere *Thomas Rowley (settler) (1612–1628), Newfoundland, Canada * Thomas Rowley (soldier) (1748–1806), Australian soldier and landowner *Thomas Algeo Rowley (1808–1892), Union Army general in the American Civil War * Thomas Rowley (skier), American freestyle skier *the pseudonym of Thomas Chatterton Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Althoug ...

Thomas Rowley (headmaster)
Dr Thomas Rowley (24 August 1796 – 11 November 1877) was a successful headmaster of Bridgnorth Grammar School between 1821 and 1850. He was a member of the Canterbury Association, was Dean-designate for the yet to be built ChristChurch Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, but he never emigrated. Early life Thomas Rowley was born in Middleton Scriven in Shropshire in 1796. His parents were the Rev. Richard Rowley (d. 1812) and Mary Rowley. He was educated at Shrewsbury and at Christ Church, Oxford, from where he obtained a BA (1819), BD and DD (1839). Bridgnorth Grammar School In 1821, when Rowley was twenty-four years old, he was appointed Headmaster of Bridgnorth Grammar School in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, on the recommendation of the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. Under Dr Rowley's leadership Bridgnorth Grammar School's reputation increased. Dr Rowley's success as a teacher of the Classics soon attracted boarders (housed in the Headmaster's House in St Leonard's Close) ...
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Thomas Rowley (poet)
Thomas Rowley (1721–1796) was a famous poet of Vermont, known both as the spokesman for Ethan Allen and dubbed “The Bard of the Green Mountains.” During his lifetime and before the American Revolution, his poetry gained the reputation with the catchphrase of "Setting the Hills on Fire." Biography Thomas Rowley was born on March 24, 1721, in Hebron, Connecticut, the son of Samuel Rowley and Elizabeth Fuller and great grandson of Samuel Fuller (Mayflower). Thomas married Lois Cass in Hebron in 1744 and they had seven known children in Hebron and Kent, Connecticut. Thomas Rowley moved to the town of Danby, Rutland County, Vermont, in 1768, with his wife and family. The Rowleys are listed as some of the first settlers of Danby, Thomas was the first town clerk. In Rutland County, Thomas became acquainted with and joined with Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys a growing Vermont militia named after the Green Mountains of Vermont comprised mostly from freemen in Rutland Cou ...
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Thomas Rowley (runholder)
Thomas Rowley (died 1903) was an early settler in Canterbury, New Zealand. His father was a member of the Canterbury Association and Dean-designate for ChristChurch Cathedral, but never came to the colony. Thomas Rowley and one brother emigrated, and he became a significant runholder. He later started acting as an agent for absentee landowners. He briefly served as a Member of Parliament for one of the rural Canterbury electorates. Rowley was active in church matters and married a daughter of Octavius Mathias, the first vicar of the Church of St Michael and All Angels. After 11 years in New Zealand, he returned to live in England. Early life Rowley was the eldest son of Thomas Rowley (1797–1877), a headmaster of Bridgnorth Grammar School. Rowley senior joined the Canterbury Association on 10 April 1851 as a committee member. He purchased land from the association in Canterbury, New Zealand. Rowley junior bought land at Barrys Bay at the head of Akaroa Harbour; rural secti ...
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Thomas Rowley (settler)
Thomas Rowley (fl. 16121628), explorer and pioneer, born Shropshire, England, was one of the first settlers of John Guy's colony at Cuper's Cove, Conception Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Rowley had accompanied John Guy on his expedition to Trinity Bay from Cuper's Cove in search of the Beothuk to make friendly relations with them for trade. In 1618 or 1619 both Rowley and William Hannam had entered into a partnership with Sir Percival Willoughby by accepting a grant to half his land as described from a line drawn from Carbonear to Heart's Content to include all land north of that line in exchange for development separate from the Cuper's Cove Colony. Disagreements with Hannam had delayed this plan but he did convince eight settlers from Cuper's Cove to settle Heart's Content in the winter of 1619. Then in 1620 he had abandoned the venture with Percival Willoughby citing he had not received legal title to the land. Rowley has been remembered in a poem by Robert Hayman Robert Hayman ...
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Thomas Rowley (soldier)
Captain Thomas Rowley ( – 27 May 1806) was a soldier and landholder in the convict settlement of New South Wales, Australia. Biography He was appointed adjutant of the New South Wales Corps in 1789 and promoted to lieutenant in 1791. Rowley arrived at Port Jackson in 1792, he had the convict Simeon Lord assigned as servant. He was promoted to captain in 1796 and in 1799 he commenced a tour of duty on Norfolk Island. When Captain John Townson departed prematurely in November, Rowley, as the senior officer, took charge of the settlement. During his rule he ordered liquor stills to be demolished to reduce the drunkenness on the island, and this move brought threats of prosecution from the owners. He was relieved by Major Joseph Foveaux in July 1800 and returned to Sydney. He claimed that his rule was sufficiently creditable to earn the respect of the settlers and Governor King. In 1802 he resigned his commission and became a farmer. He had received his first land grant in 1793 ...
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Thomas Algeo Rowley
Thomas Algeo Rowley (October 5, 1808 – May 14, 1892) was a Union Army general in the American Civil War. Following charges about the conduct of his officers at Gettysburg, Rowley was tried by a court martial that was later declared biased, and he was reinstated. Early life Rowley was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as a captain of volunteers in the Mexican–American War, mustered in on October 8, 1847, and mustered out on July 18, 1848. Otherwise, he worked as a cabinetmaker. Civil War service Rowley served as colonel of the 13th Pennsylvania Infantry from April 25, 1861, to August 6 of the same year. He then became colonel of the 102nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment. He was wounded at the Battle of Seven Pines, while leading his regiment in the Army of the Potomac. He (briefly) led a brigade in VI Corps at the Battle of Fredericksburg. Promoted to the rank of brigadier general to rank from November 29, 1862, Rowley next commanded a brigade of I Corps ...
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Thomas Rowley (skier)
Thomas Rowley may refer to: *Thomas Rowley (headmaster) (1797–1877), headmaster of Bridgnorth Grammar School *Thomas Rowley (poet) (1721–1796), Vermont poet *Thomas Rowley (runholder) (died 1903), New Zealand member of Parliament for Ellesmere *Thomas Rowley (settler) (1612–1628), Newfoundland, Canada * Thomas Rowley (soldier) (1748–1806), Australian soldier and landowner *Thomas Algeo Rowley (1808–1892), Union Army general in the American Civil War * Thomas Rowley (skier), American freestyle skier *the pseudonym of Thomas Chatterton Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Althoug ...