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    William Cowper (/ˈkuːpər/ KOO-pər; 15 November 1731 (Julian) / 26 November 1731 (Gregorian) – 14 April 1800 (Julian) / 25 April 1800 (Gregorian)) was an...
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    William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper, PC, KC, FRS (/ˈkuːpər/ KOO-pər; c. 1665 – 10 October 1723) was an English politician who became the first Lord High Chancellor...
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    William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple, PC (13 December 1811 – 16 October 1888), known as William Cowper (pronounced "Cooper") before 1869...
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    William Cowper FRS (/ˈkuːpər/ KOO-pər; c. 1666 – 8 March 1709) was an English surgeon and anatomist, famous for his early description of what is now known...
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  • William Cowper can refer to William Cowper (1731–1800), English poet and hymnodist William Cowper (doctor) (1701–1767) English doctor and antiquarian...
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    The bulbourethral glands or Cowper's glands (named for English anatomist William Cowper) are two small exocrine and accessory glands in the reproductive...
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    Earl Cowper (/ˈkuːpər/ KOO-pər) was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1718 by George I for William Cowper, 1st Baron Cowper, his...
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    William Cowper Brann (January 4, 1855 – April 2, 1898) was an American journalist also known as Brann the Iconoclast. During his life, he gained a reputation...
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  • Cowper may refer to: Cowper (surname), people with the surname Earl Cowper, an extinct title in the peerage of Great Britain Cowper, New South Wales,...
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    William Clavering-Cowper, 2nd Earl Cowper (13 August 1709 – 18 September 1764), styled Viscount Fordwich between 1718 and 1723, was an English peer and...
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  • combined work of curate John Newton (1725–1807) and his poet friend William Cowper (1731–1800). The hymns were written for use in Newton's rural parish...
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    William Cowper FSA (baptised 29 July 1701 – 12 October 1767) of Overleigh Hall, Cheshire, was a British physician and antiquarian. Cowper was the third...
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    God Moves in a Mysterious Way (category Poetry by William Cowper)
    poet William Cowper. It was written by Cowper in 1773 as a poem entitled "Light Shining out of Darkness". The poem was the last hymn text that Cowper wrote...
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    Palmerston (née Lamb, later Clavering-Cowper; 1787–1869), styled The Honourable Emily Lamb from 1787 to 1805 and Countess Cowper from 1805 to 1839, was a leading...
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    William Cowper Smith (1843 – 5 March 1911) was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. William Cowper Smith was born in London on 28 December...
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    of Olney, Buckinghamshire, where he began to write hymns with poet William Cowper. "Amazing Grace" was written to illustrate a sermon on New Year's Day...
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    William Cowper Prime (October 31, 1825 – February 12, 1905) was an American journalist, art historian, numismatist, attorney, and travel writer. William...
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  • The Negro's Complaint (category Poetry by William Cowper)
    The Negro's Complaint is a poem by William Cowper, which talks about slavery from the perspective of the slave. It was written in 1788. It was intended...
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    humanitarian, and animal welfare campaigner. She was the second wife of William Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple. Lady Mount Temple was active in the...
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  • William Cowper (28 December 1778 – 6 July 1858) was an English-born Anglican cleric in Australia who was the Archdeacon of Cumberland. His son, also named...
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    William Macquarie Cowper (known in his youth as Macquarie; 3 July 1810 – 14 June 1902) was an Australian Anglican archdeacon and Dean of Sydney. Cowper...
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    Countess Cowper (née Clavering) (1685 – February 5, 1724) was an English courtier and diarist, and the wife of William Cowper, 1st Earl Cowper. In September...
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    Press. ISBN 978-0-87413-079-9. OCLC 316736523. Cowper, William (1787). "Boadicea". Poems: by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq. in Two Volumes. Vol...
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    Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper KG PC DL (11 June 1834 – 18 July 1905), known as Viscount Fordwich from 1837 to 1856, was a British Liberal...
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    William Hayley (9 November 1745 – 12 November 1820) was an English writer, best known as the biographer of his friend William Cowper. Born at Chichester...
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    Baron Mount Temple (category Cowper family)
    the Honourable William Cowper-Temple was made Baron Mount Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo. He was born William Cowper, the second son...
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  • last to know[a] The innocent seldom find an uncomfortable pillow – William Cowper, English poet (1731–1800) The labourer is worthy of his hire[a] It is...
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  • "The Castaway" is an elegiac poem/ballad written by William Cowper in 1799. The poem is written in rhymed stanzas and gives the account of a crewman who...
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  • Coleridge William Cowper Richard Crashaw Peter Dale Elizabeth Daryush Emily Dickinson Philip Doddridge John Donne H.D. John Dryden William Dunbar Timothy...
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  • influenced by the work of William Cowper.  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical...
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