Fowler may refer to:
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Fowler (surname)
Fowler is an English and/or Scots surname. Its origin is the Old English , an occupational name for a bird-catcher or hunter of wild birds. Old English or means "bird" and has evolved into the modern word fowl.
Notable Fowlers
Born before 170 ...
, a surname, and list of people with the name
* A person who participates in
fowling
Fowling () is the hunting of birds by humans, for food (meat), feathers or any other commercially value products, or simply for leisure ("sporting") or collecting trophies. It is comparable to wildfowling, the practice of hunting waterfowls fo ...
Places
Australia
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Division of Fowler, an electoral district in New South Wales
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Fowlers Bay, South Australia
Fowlers Bay, formerly known as Yalata, is a bay, town and locality in the Australian state of South Australia located about north-west of the state capital, Adelaide city centre, Adelaide. The town is located on Port Eyre, at the western end o ...
Canada
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Fowler, British Columbia, a locality on the Stikine River, British Columbia
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Fowler, Ontario, an unincorporated area in the Kenora District, Ontario
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Fowler Lake Recreation Site, a conservation area in
Rural Municipality of Loon Lake No. 561, Saskatchewan
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Fowlers Corners, Ontario, an unincorporated area in Peterborough and Victoria Counties, Ontario
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Fowlers Corners, New Brunswick, an unincorporated area in
Queens County, New Brunswick
Queens County (; 2021 population 10,998) is located in south central New Brunswick, Canada. The county shire town is the village of Gagetown. The county was named as an expression of loyalty to the Crown and to commemorate a group of earlier set ...
United States
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Fowler, California, a town in Fresno County
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Fowler, Colorado, a town in Otero County
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Fowler, Illinois
Fowler is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gilmer Township, Adams County, Illinois, United States and is located near Quincy. It is part of the Quincy, IL– MO Micropolitan Statistical Area. U.S. Route 24 passes ...
, a village in Adams County
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Fowler, Indiana
Fowler is a town in, and county seat of Center Township, Benton County, Indiana, United States. The population was 2,337 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Fowler was platted ...
, a town in Benton County
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Fowler, Kansas
Fowler is a city in Meade County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 534.
History
Fowler was laid out and platted in 1886. It was named for George Fowler, the original owner of the town site.
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, a city in Meade County
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Fowler, Michigan
Fowler is a village in Clinton County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,226 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Dallas Township.
History
Originally called "Dallas", Fowler was created when Robert Highman, Ch ...
, a village in Clinton County
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Fowler, Missouri, an unincorporated community
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Fowler, New York
Fowler is a town in St. Lawrence County, New York, United States. The population was 2,202 at the 2010 census.
The Town of Fowler is located on the southwestern border of the county and is southwest of Canton and southeast of Gouverneur.
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, a town in St. Lawrence County
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Fowler, Oklahoma, a town in Oklahoma County on
U.S. Route 62 in Oklahoma
In Oklahoma, U.S. Highway 62 (US 62) runs diagonally across the state, from the Texas state line in far southwestern Oklahoma to the Arkansas state line near Fayetteville. US-62 spends a total of in the Sooner State. The highway passes ...
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Fowler River
The Fowler River is a river located in central New Hampshire in the United States. It is an inflow to Newfound Lake, part of the Pemigewasset and Merrimack River watersheds. Below Bog Brook, the Fowler River is subject to the New Hampshire Com ...
in New Hampshire
Business
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Fowler Calculators
Fowler Calculators Ltd was a manufacturer of slide rules and other scientific and mathematical instruments, based in Manchester, England and founded by William Henry Fowler (ca. 1854–1932).
Life of William Henry Fowler
William Henry Fowler, bor ...
, an English manufacturer of calculators and slide rules
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D. & J. Fowler Ltd., an Australian food wholesaler and manufacturer
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John Fowler & Co., manufacturers of traction engines, agricultural equipment and railway locomotives
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Fowler & Wells Company
Fowler & Wells Company was a 19th-century American publishing house, based in New York City. The business was classified as phrenologists and publishers, but it was also a scientific and educational institution. The company was established in 1835 ...
, American publishing house
Other uses
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Fowler (crater)
Fowler is a large lunar impact crater that lies in the northern hemisphere on the Moon's far side. It lies to the south-southwest of the crater Esnault-Pelterie, and north of Gadomski. Overlying the eastern rim and intruding into the interior ...
, a large lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon
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Fowler's Modern English Usage
''A Dictionary of Modern English Usage'' (1926), by H. W. Fowler (1858–1933), is a style guide to British English usage and writing. It covers a wide range of topics that relate to usage, including: plurals, nouns, verbs, punctuation, case ...
'', an English-language style guide
See also
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Fowler flap
A flap is a high-lift device used to reduce the stalling speed of an aircraft wing at a given weight. Flaps are usually mounted on the wing trailing edges of a fixed-wing aircraft. Flaps are used to reduce the take-off distance and the landin ...
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Fowler's position
In medicine, Fowler's position is a standard patient position in which the patient is seated in a semi-sitting position (45–60 degrees) and may have knees either bent or straight. Variations in the angle are denoted by High Fowler's position ...
, a standard patient position in medicine
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Fowler's solution
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Fowler's Vacola
The Fowler's Vacola jar is a molded glass jar used in canning for food preservation. It is the most popular home canning system in Australia.
History
The system was developed in 1915 in Melbourne, Australia, by Joseph Fowler (28 February 1888 � ...
a system for preserving food in glass jars
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Veuglaire
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Wildfowl
The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica. These birds are adapted for swimming, floating o ...
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