Rowland
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Rowland may refer to:
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Populated places
- Rowland, DerbyshireRowland, DerbyshireRowland is a village and a civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales District, in the English county of Derbyshire. It is near the larger village of Great Longstone. Rowland lies within the chapelry of Baslow.- References :*...
, England - Rowland, North CarolinaRowland, North CarolinaRowland is a town in Robeson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,146 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Rowland is located at ....
, USA
People
- Rowland (surname)Rowland (surname)Rowland is a common surname, and may refer to:*Alfred Rowland , U.S. Representative from North Carolina*Barrington Rowland , Indian cricketer*Bo Rowland, American college football coach*Brian Rowland, Canadian soccer player...
, people so named
Other
- Ó RothlainÓ RothlainÓ Rothláin is an Irish name meaning "descendant of Rothlan". It is the pre-anglicized, Irish form of the names Rowlan, Rowland, Rowlands, Rollan, Rollin, Rolan and Rowley...
, Irish surname sometimes anglicised as Rowland - Childe RowlandChilde Rowland"Childe Rowland" is a fairy tale, the most popular version being by Joseph Jacobs in his English Folk and Fairy Tales, published in 1892, and written partly in verse and part in prose.-Synopsis:...
, a fairy tale by Joseph Jacobs, based on a Scottish ballad - Rowland Institute for ScienceRowland Institute for ScienceThe Rowland Institute for Science was founded by Edwin H. Land, founder of Polaroid Corporation, as a nonprofit basic research organization in 1980. The Rowland, as it is commonly referred to, is dedicated to experimental science across a wide range of disciplines...
, now part of Harvard University - Rowland (crater)Rowland (crater)Rowland is a large lunar crater that is located in the northern part of the Moon, on the far side from the Earth. This is an old, worn formation that is overlain by a number of smaller craters. The most notable of these is Rowland Y, which is attached to the inner wall along the north-northwestern...
, on the Moon - Rowland TheaterRowland TheaterThe Rowland Theater , located at 127 North Front Street, Philipsburg, Centre County, Pennsylvania, is an historic single screen movie theater, built in 1917 by Charles Hedding Rowland.- History :...
, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Roland (disambiguation)Roland (disambiguation)Roland was a Frankish seneschal in Charlemagne's service, and subject of the epic poem The Song of Roland.Roland may also refer to:-Surname:*Charles P. Roland , American historian*Dean Roland , American musician...
- RowlandsRowlandsRowlands is a surname, and may refer to:* Clive Rowlands* David Rowlands * Elwen Rowlands* Gena Rowlands* Graham Rowlands* Hugh Rowlands* Jim Rowlands* John Rowlands * June Rowlands* Keith Rowlands* Mark Rowlands...
- RowlanRowlanRowlan is an Irish Surname and the anglicized version of the name Ó Rothlain . It, therefore, shares a link with the surnames Rowland, Rowlands, Rollan, Rollin, Rolan, Roland and Rowley.-Canterbury:...