Tower (surname)
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Several people have been named Tower:
- Charlemagne TowerCharlemagne TowerCharlemagne Tower, was an American lawyer, soldier, and businessman.-Early life and start of law career:Charlemagne Tower was born on April 18, 1809 in Paris, Oneida County, New York, the eldest of the eight children of Reuben Tower, a New York State Legislator, and Deborah Taylor Pierce...
(1809-1889), American lawyer, soldier, and capitalist - Charlemagne Tower, Jr.Charlemagne Tower, Jr.Charlemagne Tower, Jr. was an American businessman, scholar, and diplomat.-Biography:Charlemagne Tower was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 17, 1848 to Charlemagne Tower Sr. and Amelia Malvina Tower. He was the first of seven children.He spent his childhood in Orwigsburg and...
(1848-1923), American diplomat - Joan TowerJoan TowerJoan Tower is a Grammy-winning contemporary American composer, concert pianist and conductor. Lauded by the New Yorker as "one of the most successful woman composers of all time", her bold and energetic compositions have been performed in concert halls around the world...
(born 1938), American composer of classical music - John TowerJohn TowerJohn Goodwin Tower was the first Republican United States senator from Texas since Reconstruction. He served from 1961 until his retirement in January 1985, after which time he was the chairman of the Reagan-appointed Tower Commission that investigated the Iran-Contra Affair. He was George H. W...
(1925-1991), American politician - Wells TowerWells TowerWells Tower is an American writer of short stories and non-fiction.-Early life, education, and early career:Tower was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, but grew up in North Carolina....
, (born 1973), American writer - William Hogarth TowerWilliam Hogarth TowerWilliam Hogarth Tower , of New Jersey, was a collector who endowed a “stamp room” at Princeton University.-Collecting interests:Tower created a number of stamp collections, each focused on one aspect of philately...
(1871-1950), of Princeton, New Jersey - William Lawrence TowerWilliam Lawrence TowerWilliam Lawrence Tower was an American zoölogist, born at Halifax, Mass. He was educated at the Lawrence Scientific School , the Harvard Graduate School, and the University of Chicago , where he taught thereafter, becoming associate professor in 1911...
(born 1872), American zoologist - Zealous Bates TowerZealous Bates TowerZealous Bates Tower was an American soldier and civil engineer who served as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
(1819-1900), American soldier