Rowley
Encyclopedia
Places
Australia- Rowley ShoalsRowley ShoalsThe Rowley Shoals is a group of three atoll-like coral reefs south of the Timor Sea, about 260 km west of Broome on the northwestern Australian coast, centered around , on the edge of one of the widest continental shelves in the world. Each atoll covers an area of around 80 to 90 km² within the rim...
in the Timor Sea
Canada
- Rowley, Alberta
- Rowley IslandRowley IslandRowley Island is one of the Canadian Arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is located in Foxe Basin and has an area of .Although the island is uninhabited there is both an unmanned Distant Early Warning Line base, called FOX-1 at , and an Automated Surface Observing System.It is named...
, Nunavut
United Kingdom
- Rowley, East Riding of YorkshireRowley, East Riding of YorkshireRowley is a small village and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is situated south of Little Weighton and approximately south-west of Beverley town centre....
, England - Rowley, Shropshire, England
- Rowley, London, a former parish in Barnet, London, England
- The Rowley HillsRowley HillsThe Rowley Hills are located in the county of West Midlands, England. The hills are made up of Turners Hill, the highest point in the West Midlands, Portway Hill and Darby's Hill...
, West Midlands - Rowley RegisRowley RegisRowley Regis is a town in the Sandwell metropolitan borough of the West Midlands county and a part of the Black Country in the United Kingdom. Being part of the Black Country, locals speak with the traditional dialect, though in a form regarded by many as the quickest and the hardest to...
, West Midlands - Rowley's House, museum, ShrewsburyShrewsburyShrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, in the West Midlands region of England. Lying on the River Severn, it is a civil parish home to some 70,000 inhabitants, and is the primary settlement and headquarters of Shropshire Council...
(England) - Rowley Way, part of the Alexandra Road estateAlexandra Road estateThe Alexandra Road estate, properly known as the Alexandra and Ainsworth estate, but more commonly, and erroneously, referred to as simply Rowley Way, is a housing estate in the London Borough of Camden, North West London, England. It was designed in 1968 by Neave Brown of Camden Council's...
, London, NW8.
United States
- Rowley, IowaRowley, IowaRowley is a city in Buchanan County, Iowa, United States. The population was 290 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rowley is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Rowley, MassachusettsRowley, MassachusettsRowley is a town in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,500 at the 2000 census.Part of the town comprises the census-designated place of Rowley.-History:...
- Rowley (CDP), MassachusettsRowley (CDP), MassachusettsRowley is a census-designated place in the town of Rowley in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 1,434 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rowley is located at ....
- Rowley (MBTA station)Rowley (MBTA station)Rowley is the penultimate passenger rail station along the Newburyport Branch of MBTA Commuter Rail's Newburyport/Rockport Line. The official address is given by MBTA as 70 Railroad Avenue, although it's actually located north of Railroad Avenue between Depot Way and Oyster Pond Road...
- Rowley (CDP), Massachusetts
- Rowleys Bay, WisconsinRowleys Bay, WisconsinRowleys Bay is an unincorporated community located on Lake Michigan in northern Door County, Wisconsin, in the town of Liberty Grove. The community is named after Peter Rowley who settled in the area in 1835....
, an unincorporated community
People
Surname- Arthur RowleyArthur RowleyGeorge Arthur Rowley, , nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his explosive left-foot shot, was an English football player and cricketer. He holds the record for the most goals in the history of English league football, scoring 434 from 619 league games. He was the younger brother of Manchester United...
, football player (most prolific striker in Football League history) - King Charles II of EnglandCharles II of EnglandCharles II was monarch of the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War...
, nicknamed "Old Rowley" - Christopher RowleyChristopher RowleyChristopher Rowley is an American writer of both science fiction and fantasy novels.Rowley was born in 1948 in Lynn, Massachusetts to an American mother and an English father. Educated for the most part at Brentwood School, Essex, England, he became a London-based journalist in the 1970s...
(b. 1948), American writer - Coleen RowleyColeen RowleyColeen Rowley is a former FBI agent and whistleblower, and was a Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party candidate for Congress in Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, one of eight congressional districts in Minnesota in 2006...
, FBI agent and whistleblower before WTC event - Cynthia RowleyCynthia RowleyCynthia Rowley is an American fashion designer. The fashion label she created in the early 1980s bears her name.-Background:...
- Elizabeth RowleyElizabeth RowleyElizabeth Rowley is a politician, writer, and political activist in Ontario, Canada. Current leader of the Communist Party of Ontario, and a leading member of the Communist Party of Canada, Rowley has campaigned for office many times at both the municipal, federal and provincial levels.-Political...
- Geoff RowleyGeoff RowleyGeoff Rowley , is a professional skateboarder and co-owner of Flip Skateboards.- Professional Skateboarder :Rowley started skateboarding at age 12 in Liverpool, England...
, Liverpool-born professional skateboarder - George RowleyGeorge RowleyGeorge Rowley was Dean and Master of University College, Oxford and Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University.Rowley was educated at Abingdon School in Abingdon, south of Oxford....
(1782–1836), Dean and Master of University College, Oxford - Hazel RowleyHazel RowleyHazel Joan Rowley was a British-born Australian author and biographer.Born in London, Rowley emigrated with her parents to Adelaide at the age of eight. She studied at the University of Adelaide, graduating with Honours in French and German. Later she acquired a PhD in French...
, British-born Australian writer - Ian Cecil Robert RowleyIan Cecil Robert RowleyIan Cecil Robert Rowley was an Australian ornithologist of Scottish origin. He was born in Edinburgh and educated at Wellington College and Cambridge University...
, Australian ornithologist - Jack RowleyJack RowleyJohn Frederick "Jack" Rowley was an English football striker from the 1930s to the 1950s, mainly remembered for playing for Manchester United. He was nicknamed "The Gunner" because of his prolific and explosive goalscoring, achieving scoring statistics with United of 208 goals in 422 appearances...
, football player - James Joseph RowleyJames Joseph RowleyJames Joseph Rowley was director of the United States Secret Service between 1961 and 1973, under Presidents Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon....
- Janet RowleyJanet RowleyJanet Davison Rowley is an American human geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers....
- Sir Joshua Rowley, 1st BaronetSir Joshua Rowley, 1st BaronetVice-Admiral Sir Joshua Rowley was the eldest son of Admiral Sir William Rowley. Sir Joshua was probably born on 1 May 1730 at the family home of Tendring Hall in Suffolk. Rowley served with distinction in a number of battles throughout his career and was highly praised by his contemporaries...
Royal Navy officer - Max RowleyMax RowleyMax Rowley is a successful Australian media personality and radio broadcaster. He is currently the principal of his own radio and media training academy, The Max Rowley Media and Drama Academy.-Early career:...
- Pete Rowley, Soccer player at Syracuse University
- Richard RowleyRichard RowleyRichard Rowley was the pseudonym of Richard Valentine Williams , born at 79 Dublin Road, Belfast, Ireland, who wrote poetry, plays and stories.-Early life:...
, pseudonym of Richard Valentine Williams - Stan Rowley, Australian sprinter
- Thomas Rowley (disambiguation) (several men with this name)
- Victoria Rowley
- William Rowley (disambiguation)William Rowley (disambiguation)William Rowley was an English Jacobean dramatist.William Rowley may also refer to:*William Rowley , Admiral of the Fleet in the British Royal Navy; Member of Parliament for Portsmouth...
(several men with this name) - All owners of the title Baron LangfordBaron LangfordBaron Langford, of Summerhill in the County of Meath, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 1 July 1800 for Clotworthy Rowley, who had earlier represented Trim and County Meath in the Irish House of Commons...
(1763-1912) had the last name Rowley (see detailed listing in separate article). - Baron HathertonBaron HathertonBaron Hatherton, of Hatherton in the County of Stafford, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1835 for the politician Edward Littleton, Chief Secretary for Ireland from 1833 to 1834...
, one owner of the title
Given name
- Sir Henry Rowley Bishop
- Rowley Birkin QC, fictional character
- Rowley Jefferson, a fictional character in the Diary of a Wimpy KidDiary of a Wimpy Kid (series)Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a series of fiction books written by American author and cartoonist Jeff Kinney. The books are the journals of the main character, whose name is Greg Heffley. Befitting a child's diary, they are filled with hand written notes and simple drawings of his daily adventures...
series - Rowley Jefferson (real), the actual article about the character
Literature
- Rowley's History of England, authorship is a pseudonym for Thomas ChattertonThomas ChattertonThomas Chatterton was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. He died of arsenic poisoning, either from a suicide attempt or self-medication for a venereal disease.-Childhood:...
- Old Rowley by Dennis WheatleyDennis WheatleyDennis Yates Wheatley was an English author. His prolific output of stylish thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world's best-selling authors from the 1930s through the 1960s.-Early life:...
- Rowleian in literature means a Rowley-authored style or character:
- style of Thomas ChattertonThomas ChattertonThomas Chatterton was an English poet and forger of pseudo-medieval poetry. He died of arsenic poisoning, either from a suicide attempt or self-medication for a venereal disease.-Childhood:...
under pseudonym of Thomas Rowley - style of William RowleyWilliam RowleyWilliam Rowley was an English Jacobean dramatist, best known for works written in collaboration with more successful writers. His date of birth is estimated to have been c. 1585; he was buried on 11 February 1626...
, i.e in Spanish Gypsy and Birth of Merlin
- style of Thomas Chatterton
Military
- (DE-95) Rowley, US destroyer escort mission in WW2
See also
- Ó RothláinÓ RothlainÓ Rothláin is an Irish name meaning "descendant of Rothlan". It is the pre-anglicized, Irish form of the names Rowlan, Rowland, Rowlands, Rollan, Rollin, Rolan and Rowley...
- RowlanRowlanRowlan is an Irish Surname and the anglicized version of the name Ó Rothlain . It, therefore, shares a link with the surnames Rowland, Rowlands, Rollan, Rollin, Rolan, Roland and Rowley.-Canterbury:...
- Rowland (disambiguation)