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Rowden is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Caleb Rowden (born 1982), American politician *Daniel Rowden (born 1997), British middle-distance runner *Diana Rowden, Special Operations Executive agent in World War II. Executed by the Germans. * Mark Rowden (born in 1979), Australian printmaker *Walter Courtney Rowden, British screenwriter and film director *William H. Rowden William Henry Rowden (May 12, 1930 – October 15, 2022) was a vice admiral in the United States Navy. He was a former commander of the United States Sixth Fleet (from June 1981 – July 1983). He also served as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations ...
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Caleb Rowden
Caleb Rowden is an American politician. He is a member of the Missouri State Senate, having served since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Rowden previously served in the Missouri House of Representatives The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ... from 2013 to 2017. In November 2018, Rowden was elected by his Republican colleagues to be the majority leader in the Missouri Senate's 2019 session. Missouri Senate Rowden was first elected in 2017, and he was chosen to be the Majority Leader for the 2019 session. Committee Assignments * Administration (Vice-Chairman) * Gubernatorial Appointments (Vice-Chairman) * Rules, Joint Rules, Resolutions and Ethics (Chairman) * Select Committee on Redistricting * Missouri Arts Council Trust Fund Board of Trustees * Missouri Ju ...
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Daniel Rowden
Daniel Rowden (born 9 September 1997) is an English middle-distance runner specialising in the 800 metres. He won a silver medal at the 2017 European U23 Championships. He became British champion when winning the 800 metres event at the 2020 British Athletics Championships in a time of 1 min 45.94 secs. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *400 metres – 48.48 (Lee Valley 2015) *800 metres – 1:44.09 (Zagreb 2020) *1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athle ... – 3:54.65 (Watford 2017) References External links * * * * * 1997 births Living people English male middle-distance runners British male middle-distance runners British Athletics Championships winners Olympic athletes for Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at ...
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Diana Rowden
Diana Hope Rowden (31 January 1915 – 6 July 1944) served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Rowden was a member of SOE's Acrobat circuit in occupied France where she operated as a courier until she was arrested by the Gestapo. She was subsequently executed at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp. Early life Born in England, Rowden was the daughter of Major Aldred Clement Rowden (British Army) and his wife, Muriel Christian Maitland-Makgill-Crichton, whom he married on 16 July 1913 at St Mark's, North Audley Street in London's fashionable Mayfair district. The marriage was not successful and her parents separated when she was still a young child, whereupon she moved with her mother and two younger brothers, Maurice Edward Alfred and Cecil William Aldred, to southern France as a small income went farther there than in England. She and her brothers spent much of ...
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Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a secret British World War II organisation. It was officially formed on 22 July 1940 under Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton, from the amalgamation of three existing secret organisations. Its purpose was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements. Few people were aware of SOE's existence. Those who were part of it or liaised with it were sometimes referred to as the " Baker Street Irregulars", after the location of its London headquarters. It was also known as "Churchill's Secret Army" or the "Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare". Its various branches, and sometimes the organisation as a whole, were concealed for security purposes behind names such as the "Joint Technical Board" or the "Inter-Service Research Bureau", or fictitious branches of the Air Ministry, Admiralty or War Office. SOE operat ...
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million Military personnel, personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Air warfare of World War II, Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in hu ...
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Mark Rowden
Mark Rowden (born in 1979) is an Australian printmaker. Training Rowden was born in Margate, England and received a Bachelor of Arts at the National Art School, Sydney. He trained and worked under Master Printer Diana Davidson at Whaling Road studios, one of Sydney oldest fine art editioning studios. He printed the first ever prints of Adam Cullen and Mclean Edwards,Mclean Edwards"Mark Rowden, Master Printer" Winged Lion Press. he worked with some notable artist Charles Blackman, Martin Sharp & Peter Kingston Exhibitions He has shown throughout sydney and Melbourne, and is represented by PG gallery PG or P.G. may refer to: *Parental Guidance (PG), a content rating in motion picture content rating systems and television content rating systems *Paying Guest (PG), also called homestay, a type of accommodation Businesses and organisations * ..., Melbourne. External links * Australian Prints + Printmakin * Contemporary Notables of the name Rowde* Something you said: Re ...
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Walter Courtney Rowden
Walter Courtney Rowden was a British screenwriter and film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, .... He is sometimes referred to as William Courtney Rowden. He was known for Corinthian Jack (1921), Daniel Deronda (1921), Simple Simon (1922), and Vanity Fair (1922). His other credits include The Prisoner of Zenda (1915), At Trinity Church I Met My Doom (1922), and Hornet's Nest (1923). Selected filmography Screenwriter * ''The Prisoner of Zenda (1915 film), The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1915) * ''Rupert of Hentzau (1915 film), Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915) * ''Westward Ho! (1919 film), Westward Ho!'' (1919) * ''Hobson's Choice (1920 film), Hobson's Choice'' (1920) * ''Calvary (1920 film), Calvary'' (1920) * ''The Sheik (1922 film), The Sheik'' (1922) * ''Hornet's Nest (1923 ...
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