OWW (other)
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OWW may refer to: * Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, a railway company operating between 1852 and 1860 * Old Westminsters, people who were educated at Westminster School See also *Ow (other) OW, O.W. or ow may refer to: * ''Ow!'', an interjection that denotes pain * ow (digraph), an English digraph * "Ow!" (composition), a Dizzy Gillespie bebop jazz composition * Obwalden, a canton of Switzerland * Organization Workshop, a method ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Oxford, Worcester And Wolverhampton Railway
The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway (OW&WR) was a railway company in England. It built a line from Wolvercot JunctionThe nearby settlement is spelt ''Wolvercote'' and a later station on the LNWR Bicester line follows that spelling. The OW&WR and GWR consistently used the spelling ''Wolvercot''. near Oxford to Worcester, Stourbridge, Dudley and Wolverhampton, as well as some branches. It was known locally as the "Old Worse & Worse" due to the perpetual mismanagement of the line leading to poor public perception, and due to the acronym of its name (OW&W). Its main line was opened in stages between 1852 and 1853. When the West Midland Railway (WMR) was formed by amalgamation in 1860, the OW&WR was the dominant partner, but the West Midland company amalgamated with the Great Western Railway (GWR) in 1863. Several branches and extensions were built in the West Midlands, and the main line was developed as an important trunk route. Much of the original main line is in us ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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List Of People Educated At Westminster School
The following people were educated at Westminster School in London, and are sometimes listed with OW (Old Westminster) after their name (collectively, OWW). There are over 900 Old Westminsters listed in the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' so these are necessarily a small sample: 15th century * John Hygdon (c. 1472–1532), first dean of Cardinal College Christ Church, Oxford 16th century *Richard Hakluyt (c. 1552–1616), travel writer * Thomas Braddock (1556–1607), clergyman and translator *William Alabaster (1567–1640), poet *Robert Bruce Cotton (1570–1631), antiquarian *Ben Jonson (1573–1637), poet and dramatist *Arthur Dee (1579–1651), physician *Richard Corbet (1582–1635), poet * Sir Richard Lane (1584–1650), Chief Baron of the Exchequer * Robert Herrick (1591–1674), poet *Charles Chauncy (1592–1672), President of Harvard 1654–72 * Henry King (1592–1669), poet *George Herbert (1593–1633), public orator and poet 17th century *Jasper Mayn ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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OWW Consulting
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OWW may refer to: * Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, a railway company operating between 1852 and 1860 * Old Westminsters, people who were educated at Westminster School See also *Ow (other) OW, O.W. or ow may refer to: * ''Ow!'', an interjection that denotes pain * ow (digraph), an English digraph * "Ow!" (composition), a Dizzy Gillespie bebop jazz composition * Obwalden, a canton of Switzerland * Organization Workshop, a method ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |