Bowdoin may refer to:
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Bowdoin, Maine
Bowdoin is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,136 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland– South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.
History
Bowdoin was part of a tra ...
, a town
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Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Brunswick, Maine. When Bowdoin was chartered in 1794, Maine was still a part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The college offers 34 majors and 36 minors, as well as several joint eng ...
, a college in Brunswick, Maine
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Bowdoin Street
Bowdoin Street in Boston, Massachusetts extends from the top of Beacon Street, down Beacon Hill to Cambridge Street, near the West End. It was originally called "Middlecott Street" as early as the 1750s. In 1805 it was renamed after the Governor ...
, a street in Boston, Massachusetts
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Bowdoin (MBTA station)
Bowdoin station ( ) is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) rapid transit station in Bowdoin Square in Boston, Massachusetts. The station is the downtown terminus of the Blue Line, part of the MBTA subway system. It has a single ...
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Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge
Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) located in the north-central region of the U.S. state of Montana. The refuge is northeast of Malta, Montana in the Milk River Valley and is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildli ...
, a wildlife refuge in Montana
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''Bowdoin'' (Arctic schooner)
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Bowdoin prize The Bowdoin Prizes are prestigious awards given annually to Harvard University undergraduate and graduate students. From the income of the bequest of Governor James Bowdoin, AB 1745, prizes are offered to students at the University in graduate and ...
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Bowdoin Fjord
Bowdoin Fjord is a fjord in northern Greenland. To the south the fjord opens into the Inglefield Gulf of the Baffin Bay. GoogleEarth
This fjord was named by Robert Peary after his alma mater, Bowdoin College. It was the subject of paintings by ...
, Greenland
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Bowdoin Glacier
Bowdoin Glacier ( da, Bowdoin Gletscher or ''Bowdoin Brae''), is a glacier in northwestern Greenland. Administratively it belongs to the Avannaata municipality.
Like the fjord further south, this glacier was named by Robert Peary after Bowdoin ...
, Greenland
People with the name
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James Bowdoin
James Bowdoin II (; August 7, 1726 – November 6, 1790) was an American political and intellectual leader from Boston, Massachusetts, during the American Revolution and the following decade. He initially gained fame and influence as a wealthy ...
(1726–1790), American political and intellectual leader
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James Bowdoin III
James Bowdoin III (September 22, 1752 – October 11, 1811) was an American philanthropist and statesman from Boston, Massachusetts. He has born to James Bowdoin in Boston, and graduated from Harvard College in 1771. James then studied law at Oxf ...
(1752–1811), American philanthropist and statesman
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Jim Bowdoin
James L. Bowdoin (January 15, 1904 – May 1969) was a professional American football player who played guard for seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers, Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, and Portsmouth Spartans
The professional Americ ...
(1904–1969), American football player
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Temple Bowdoin (1863–1914), American businessman
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Bowdoin B. Crowninshield
Bowdoin Bradlee Crowninshield (October 13, 1867 – August 12, 1948) was an American naval architect who specialized in the design of racing yachts.
Early life
Crowninshield was born on October 13, 1867 in New York City. He grew up in Marblehea ...
(1867–1948), American naval architect
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