Rowlandson
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Rowlandson is an English surname meaning son of Rowland
or Roland
.
Bearers of the name include
Rowland
Rowland may refer to:Populated places*Rowland, Derbyshire, England*Rowland, North Carolina, USAPeople*Rowland , people so namedOther*Ó Rothlain, Irish surname sometimes anglicised as Rowland...
or Roland
Roland (disambiguation)
Roland was a Frankish seneschal in Charlemagne's service, and subject of the epic poem The Song of Roland.Roland may also refer to:-Surname:*Charles P. Roland , American historian*Dean Roland , American musician...
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Bearers of the name include
- Alfred Cecil RowlandsonAlfred Cecil Rowlandson-Early life:Rowlandson was born at Daylesford, Victoria, the second surviving son of Arthur Hodgson Rowlandson, an Indian-born goldminer, and his wife Susan Sophia , born in Brechin, Scotland. A. C. Rowlandson was educated at Northcote State School and then the Superior Normal School, Brisbane...
(1865 – 1922), Australian publisher. - Mary RowlandsonMary RowlandsonMary Rowlandson was a colonial American woman who was captured by Native Americans during King Philip's War and held for 11 weeks before being ransomed. After her release, she wrote a book about her experience, The Sovereignty and Goodness of God: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and...
(c. 1637 – 1711) colonial American woman, captured by Native Americans, who described her experiences. - Thomas RowlandsonThomas RowlandsonThomas Rowlandson was an English artist and caricaturist.- Biography :Rowlandson was born in Old Jewry, in the City of London. He was the son of a tradesman or city merchant. On leaving school he became a student at the Royal Academy...
(1756 – 1827), English artist and caricaturist.