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Lowndes
Lowndes () may refer to: People with the surname *Alan Lowndes (1921–1978), British painter *Alan Lowndes (rugby), English rugby league and union player *Christopher Lowndes (1713–1785), early settler and merchant at Bladensburg, Maryland *Craig Lowndes (born 1974), Australian racing driver * Dorothy Margarette Selby Lowndes (1871-1950), English writer using pseudonym Dolf Wyllarde *Emma Lowndes (born 1975), English actress *Eric Lowndes (born 1994), Irish Gaelic footballer *Geoffrey Lowndes (1898–1982), English cricketer *Gillian Lowndes (1936–2010), English ceramist and sculptor *Jason Lowndes (1994–2017), Australian cyclist *Jefferson Lowndes (1858–1893), English rower *Jessica Lowndes (born 1988), Canadian actress and singer-songwriter *Lloyd Lowndes, Jr. (1845–1905), American politician *Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes (1868–1947), English writer *Mary Lowndes (1856–1929), British artist *Nathan Lowndes (born 1977), English footballer *Rawlins Lowndes (1721–18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowndes County, Mississippi
Lowndes County is a county on the eastern border of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 58,879. Its county seat is Columbus. The county is named for U.S. Congressman William Jones Lowndes. Lowndes County comprises the Columbus, MS Micropolitan Statistical Area. Since the late 20th century, it has been designated as one of three counties in the Golden Triangle region of the state. History This upland area was settled by European Americans who wanted to develop cotton plantations to produce what became the largest commodity crop in the state. In the period from 1877 to 1950, Lowndes County had 19 documented lynchings of African Americans, third to Carroll and Leflore counties, which had 29 and 48, respectively. This form of racial terrorism was at its height in the decades around the turn of the 20th century, which followed the state's disenfranchisement of most blacks in 1890 through creating barriers to voter registr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Lowndes
Alan Lowndes (1921–1978) was a British painter known primarily for his scenes of northern life. He also spent time in St Ives, and he was a close friend of many of the St Ives School artists. Life Lowndes was born in Heaton Norris, Lancashire, a suburb of Stockport in 1921, the fourth child of Samuel Lowndes, a railway clerk, and his wife Helen Morrey (died 1924) from Kilmarnock. He left school at 14, and was apprenticed to a decorator. In World War II Lowndes saw active service in South-west Asia and Italy. After the war he studied painting at night school, but was largely self-taught. He began to achieve success in the late 1950s and early 1960s in the period when northern writers such as Stan Barstow, John Braine and Alan Sillitoe were also coming to the fore. Work Lowndes had one man exhibitions in Manchester, London and New York and is represented in many public collections. Although often compared to L. S. Lowry, he is considered by Terry Frost to be a greater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Lowndes
Nathan Peter Lowndes (born 2 June 1977) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He began his career with Leeds United but failed to break into the first before his move to Watford in 1995. After making little impact at Watford, he moved to Scotland to play for St Johnstone in 1998. Three years later, he transferred to Livingston. In 2002, he was loaned out to Rotherham United, before he moved back to England permanently with Plymouth Argyle later in the year. In 2004, he joined Port Vale, where he would stay for three years. He finished his professional career with Chester City at the end of the 2007–08 campaign, though he came out of retirement to join Scone Thistle in May 2012. Career Lowndes began his career with Leeds United in April 1995 but did not make any first-team appearances in his time at Elland Road. On 3 October 1995, he was signed by Watford for a fee of £40,000. Despite being seen as a promising player in three years with Watford, he on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowndes, Missouri
Lowndes is an unincorporated community in eastern Wayne County, Missouri, United States. It is located approximately twenty miles southwest of Marble Hill, along Missouri Route E. Bear Creek flows past the north side of the community and Barnes Creek is just east of the community.''Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer,'' DeLorme, 1998, First edition, p. 57, A post office called Lowndes has been in operation since 1840. The community has the name of Lowndes Henry Davis, a Missouri congressman. Notable person * Leo Goodwin, Sr., founder of GEICO The Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO ) is an American vehicle insurance company headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. In addition to auto insurance, GEICO provides motorcycle, ATV, RV, boat, snowmobile, travel, pet, event, hom ..., was born here in 1886. References Unincorporated communities in Wayne County, Missouri Unincorporated communities in Missouri {{WayneCountyMO-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowndes County, Georgia
Lowndes County () is a County (United States), county located in the south-central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 118,251. The county seat is Valdosta, Georgia, Valdosta. The county was created December 23, 1825. Lowndes County is included in the Valdosta, Georgia, Valdosta Metropolitan Statistical Area, metropolitan statistical area. It is located along the border with Florida. The county is a major commercial, educational, and manufacturing center of south Georgia with considerable forest, forest products including pulpwood and naval stores, such as turpentine and rosin. Part of Grand Bay (Georgia), Grand Bay, a wetlands, is located in Lowndes County. History Native Americans and the Spanish The land that became Lowndes County had historically been inhabited by the Timucua. During most of the age of European colonization, the area of modern Lowndes County was part of the colon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowndes County, Alabama
Lowndes County is in the central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 10,311. Its county seat is Hayneville. The county is named in honor of William Lowndes, a member of the United States Congress from South Carolina. Lowndes County is part of the Montgomery, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area. Historically it has been considered part of the Black Belt, known for its fertile soil, cotton plantations, and a high number of African American workers, enslaved and later freed. History Lowndes County was formed from Montgomery, Dallas and Butler counties, by an act of the Alabama General Assembly on January 20, 1830. The county is named for South Carolina statesman William Lowndes."Lowndes County" , Alabama Department of History and Archives It is part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lowndes (other) (''c.'' 1798–1843), English bibliographer, whose principal work was ''The Bibliographer’s Manual of English Literature''
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William Lowndes may refer to: * William Lowndes (1652–1724), British politician and Secretary to the Treasury * William Lowndes (1752-1828), British lawyer, parliamentary draftsman and Chief Commissioner of the Board of Taxes * William Lowndes (congressman) (1782–1822), U.S. Congressman from South Carolina * William Selby Lowndes (''c.'' 1767–1840), British Member of Parliament * William Thomas Lowndes William Thomas Lowndes (c. 1798 – 31 July 1843), English bibliographer, was born about 1798, the son of a London bookseller. His principal work, ''The Bibliographer’s Manual of English Literature''—the first systematic work of the kind— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timothy Lowndes
Timothy Quentin Lowndes (born 28 September 1979 in Lilydale, Victoria) is an Australian sport shooter. He has competed for Australia in rifle shooting at two Olympics (2000 and 2004), and has been close to an Olympic final in 2004, finishing twelfth in the rifle three positions. Apart from his Olympic career, Lowndes has won a total of seven medals in a major international competition, spanning two editions of the Commonwealth Games (1998 and 2002), and the Oceanian Championships. Throughout his sporting career, Lowndes trains full-time under Yugoslav-born head coach and 1976 Olympian Miroslav Šipek of the national team, while he shoots at Townsville Smallbore Rifle Club on the outskirts of Melbourne. Lowndes began shooting small-bore rifle at the age of thirteen, and then became a Commonwealth Games champion in the rifle three positions when he was nineteen. Two years later, Lowndes made his Olympic debut as part of the host nation's shooting team in Sydney 2000. There, he f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Lowndes (other)
Thomas Lowndes may refer to: *Thomas Lowndes (astronomer) Thomas Lowndes (1692 – 12 May 1748) was the founder of the Lowndean professorship of astronomy at Cambridge University, England. Both his father and mother were Cheshire landowners. In 1725 he was appointed provost marshal of South Carolina ... (1692–1748), British astronomer * Thomas Lowndes (congressman) (1766–1843), U.S. congressman from South Carolina {{Hndis, name = Lowndes, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Lowndes
Stephen Robert Lowndes (born 17 June 1960) is a former Wales international footballer. Lowndes started his career at Newport County during the most successful period in the club's long history. Lowndes was part of the team that won promotion to the Football League Third Division, won the 1980 Welsh Cup and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the 1981 European Cup Winners Cup. Millwall signed him from Newport County for £55,000 in August 1983 and he was sold to Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. It is the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. The town's population was 71,422 in 2021, while the wider boroug ... in 1986 for £40,000. Coaching After retiring from playing he became physio to the Wales international team for five years. After gaining BA Hons Degree (1999) & P.G.C.E. in physical education (2000) in June 2000 was appointed Academy Directo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Lowndes
Sarah Lowndes is a writer and curator based in Norwich. Lowndes is Director of Kunsthalle Cromer and previously contributed to the Public Programme of the Sainsbury Centre at the University of East Anglia. Lowndes's research focusses upon artist-led projects, interdisciplinary and performance-related practice and contemporary art. A lecturer at Glasgow School of Art between 2002 and 2015, Lowndes has written extensively on post-war art, music and politics in Glasgow in publications including ''Studio 58: Women Artists in Glasgow Since World War II'' (Glasgow: Glasgow School of Art Exhibitions, 2012), ''Social Sculpture: The Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene'' (Luath Press, 2010) and "The Glasgow Scene", ''The History of British Art, Volume III'' (London: Tate Publishing, 2008). Other single author books authored by Lowndes include ''All Art is Political: Writings on Performative Art'' (2014), ''The DIY Movement in Art, Music and Publishing: Subjugated Knowledges'' (2016), ''Contempo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert A
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of ''Hrōþ, Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use Robert (surname), as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert (name), Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta (given name), Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto (given name), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
