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William Cowper (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; 15 November 1731 [2] / 26 November 1731 – 14 April 1800 [2] / 25 April 1800 ) was an English poet and Anglican hymnwriter. One of the most popular poets of his time, Cowper changed the direction of 18th-century nature poetry by writing of everyday life and scenes of the English countryside.
Cowper (pronounced Cowper or Cooper depending on family) is a surname of several persons: Andrew Cowper (1898-1980), Australian fighter pilot Austen Cowper (1885–1960), South African cricketer
William Cowper Smith was born in London on 28 December 1843, [2] went to Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet, [3] arrived on the Egmont at Lyttelton on 7 July 1862, [4] went to Auckland, received a war medal for service during the invasion of the Waikato and moved to Waipukurau in 1872, [5] where he ran a drapery [6] and general store. [7]
Cowper: like Cooper / ˈ k uː p ər / Also regular Cruwys: KROOZ / ˈ k r uː z / Cuyjet: soo-ZHAY / s uː ˈ ʒ eɪ / Dalyell: dee-EL / d i ˈ ɛ l / Dalziel: dee-EL / d i ˈ ɛ l / Davies: like Davis / ˈ d eɪ v ɪ s / Sometimes regular Death: DEETH / d iː θ / See footnote a. in article for pronunciation. De'Ath: dee-AHT / d i ˈ ɑː t ...
Speakers of non-rhotic accents, as in much of Australia, England, New Zealand, and Wales, will pronounce the second syllable [fəd], those with the father–bother merger, as in much of the US and Canada, will pronounce the first syllable [ˈɑːks], and those with the cot–caught merger but without the father–bother merger, as in Scotland ...
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William Cowper FRS (/ ˈ k uː p ər / KOO-pər; c. 1666 – 8 March 1709) was an English surgeon and anatomist, famous for his early description of what is now known as Cowper's gland. Cowper was born in Petersfield, Hampshire , and he was apprenticed to a London surgeon, William Bignall, in March 1682.
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