Cowper (surname)
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Cowper is a surname
of several persons:
Surname
A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...
of several persons:
- Bob CowperBob CowperRobert Maskew Cowper was an Australian Test match cricketer in the 1960s, who also played for Victorian and Western Australia....
(born 1940), Australian cricketer - Charles CowperCharles CowperSir Charles Cowper, KCMG was an Australian politician and the Premier of New South Wales on five different occasions from 1856 to 1870....
(1807–1875), Australian politician - Edward Alfred CowperEdward Alfred CowperEdward Alfred Cowper was a British mechanical engineer.He was the son of Professor Edward Shickle Cowper , head of the department of engineering at King's College London and Ann Applegath.In 1833, he was apprenticed to John Braithwaite, a railway engineer in London.In 1837, he invented the...
(1819–1893), British mechancial engineer, metallurgist - Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper
- Frank Cadogan CowperFrank Cadogan CowperFrank Cadogan Cowper was an English painter and illustrator of portraits, historical and literary scenes, described as "The last of the Pre-Raphaelites".-Life and work:...
(1877–1958), British artist - Gerry CowperGerry CowperGeraldine Cowper is an English actress who is best known for playing Rosie Miller in EastEnders. In the mid 1980s she took the part of Clare France in After Henry on BBC radio and also appeared on television as Jim Hacker's daughter in Yes Minister.-Career:Cowper was Clare France, the youngest of...
(born 1958), British actress - Nicola CowperNicola CowperNicola Jane Cowper is a British actress. Cowper is the younger sister of twin actresses Gerry Cowper and Jackie Cowper. Cowper made an impression as a film actress in her early career, but she is best known for her work on British television, in particular her role as D.S Helen Diamond in BBC's...
(born 1967), British actress - Richard Cowper, pseudonym of John Middleton Murry, Jr.John Middleton Murry, Jr.John Middleton Murry, Jr. was an English writer who used the names Colin Murry and Richard Cowper.-Early life:...
- Spencer CowperSpencer CowperSpencer Cowper, MP and barrister was born in 1670, the second son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet of Hertford, and his wife, Lady Sarah Cowper, the diarist, and the daughter of Samuel Holled, a London merchant...
(1670–1728), British MP and barrister - Steve Camberling CowperSteve CowperSteve Cowper is an American Democratic politician who was the sixth Governor of Alaska of Alaska from 1986 to 1990. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later served in the Alaska House of Representatives before being elected governor.Cowper served as Governor at...
(born 1938), American politician and governor of Alaska - William Cowper of Galloway (1568–1619), bishop
- William CowperWilliam CowperWilliam Cowper was an English poet and hymnodist. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside. In many ways, he was one of the forerunners of Romantic poetry...
(1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist - William Cowper, 1st Earl CowperWilliam Cowper, 1st Earl CowperWilliam Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper PC KC FRS was an English politician who became the first Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. Cowper was the son of Sir William Cowper, 2nd Baronet, of Ratling Court, Kent, a Whig member of parliament of some mark in the two last Stuart reigns...
(1665–1723), Lord Chancellor of England - William Cowper (anatomist)William Cowper (anatomist)William Cowper FRS was an English surgeon and anatomist, famous for his early description of what is now known as the Cowper's gland....
, English anatomist (1666–1709), see also Cowper's gland and Cowper's fluid - William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount TempleWilliam Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount TempleWilliam Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple PC , known as William Cowper before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal Party politician and statesman....
(1811–1888), British politician and courtier