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Cowper (surname) Cowper (pronounced ''Cowper'' or ''Cooper'' depending on family) is a surname of several persons: * Austen Cowper (1885–1960), South African cricketer * Bob Cowper (born 1940), Australian cricketer * Sir Charles Cowper (1807–1875), Australian ...

, people with the surname *

Earl Cowper Earl Cowper ( ) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 by George I for William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper, his first Lord Chancellor, with remainder in default of male issue of his own to his younger brother, Spencer ...

, an extinct title in the peerage of Great Britain * Cowper, New South Wales, a town in

New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...

, Australia *

Division of Cowper The Division of Cowper is an Australian electoral division in the state of New South Wales. Geography Since 1984, federal electoral division boundaries in Australia have been determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointe ...

, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales *

Cowper County Cowper County, New South Wales is one of the 141 Cadastral divisions of New South Wales. Cowper County is named in honour of the politician and Premier of New South Wales, Sir Charles Cowper (1807-1875). It is located to the south-east of Bour ...

, New South Wales * Cowper House, Chester, England *

Cowper stove A regenerative heat exchanger, or more commonly a regenerator, is a type of heat exchanger where heat from the hot fluid is intermittently stored in a thermal storage medium before it is transferred to the cold fluid. To accomplish this the hot fl ...

, a regenerative heat exchanger From the "William Cowper" disambiguition: *

William Cowper William Cowper ( ; 26 November 1731 – 25 April 1800) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and sce ...

(1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist * William Cowper (doctor) (1701–1767) English doctor and antiquarian *

William Cowper (anatomist) William Cowper ( ; c. 1666 – 8 March 1709) was an English surgeon and anatomist, famous for his early description of what is now known as Cowper's gland. Cowper was born in Petersfield, Hampshire, and he was apprenticed to a London surgeo ...

(1666–1709), English anatomist; eponym of Cowper's gland and Cowper's fluid *

William Couper (bishop) William Couper (or Cowper) (1568–1619) was a Bishop of Galloway in Scotland. Life The son of John Couper, merchant-tailor, of Edinburgh, he was born in 1568. After receiving some elementary instruction in his native city, and attending a ...

(1568–1619), Scottish bishop * Sir

William Cowper, 2nd Baronet William is a male given name of Germanic languages, Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norm ...

, MP for Hertford, father of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper *

William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, ( ; 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parlia ...

(c. 1665–1723), Lord Chancellor of England *

William Cowper (Archdeacon of Cumberland) William Cowper (28 December 1778 – 6 July 1858) was an English-born Anglican cleric in Australia who was the Archdeacon of Cumberland. His son also named William Cowper (Dean of Sydney), William Cowper was later the Dean of Sydney. Early life Co ...

(1778–1858), Anglican priest in Australia, father of the below *

William Cowper (Dean of Sydney) William Macquarie Cowper (known in his youth as Macquarie; 3 July 1810 – 14 June 1902) was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. Cowper was born in Sydney, the son of the Revd William Cowper, assistant colonial chaplain, and ...

(1810–1902), Anglican priest in Australia, son of the above *

William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple, PC (13 December 1811 – 16 October 1888), known as William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal statesman. ...

(1811–1888), British politician and courtier *

(1853-1918), British stage and film actor

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