14-713: 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 , a town in New South Wales , Australia Division of Cowper , an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales Cowper County , New South Wales Cowper House , Chester, England Cowper stove ,
28-478: A full set can fetch as much as £500. In 1985, Ashford Press published a facsimile reprint of all five volumes. Cowper originally undertook the voyages documented in Sailing Tours , mostly single-handed, in the yawl Lady Harvey , a 44 foot (13 m) Dover fishing lugger built in 1867. In his 1921 book Single-Handed Cruising , Francis B. Cooke claimed that no amateur yachtsman had ever single-handed
42-596: A larger vessel. Cowper sold Lady Harvey in 1895, then building a ketch of his own design, Undine II , which became his favourite but which he sold in 1899. He next owned a yawl named Zayda , followed by a French fishing lugger, Idéal , and a 14-ton cutter Little Windflower . In 1921, Cowper purchased the 41 foot (12 m) cutter Ailsa , which was to be the last boat he owned. Sailing Tours continued to be cited in sailing guides, with Neville Featherstone describing Cowper's writing as "a rich blend of navigational facts laced with his own semi-libellous observations on
56-431: A regenerative heat exchanger See also [ edit ] Bulbourethral gland or Cowper's gland, a component of the reproductive system of human males Cooper (profession) ; cowper is an old English spelling of cooper (a maker or repairer of casks and barrels) Pre-ejaculate or Cowper's fluid, the clear fluid emitted when a man is sexually aroused William Cowper (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
70-618: A small dinghy in the Gulf of Morbihan and out into Quiberon Bay . Between 1892 and 1895, Cowper circumnavigated the British Isles, exploring practically every river and creek along the coast. He also crossed the English Channel to France and Belgium. Cowper's most well-known work, Sailing Tours , describes these voyages and was published in five volumes between 1892 and 1896. Original copies are now quite collectable, and
84-1302: A title in the Peerage of Great Britain v t e Surnames derived from occupation Cooper and its specializations English Cooper , Cowper [REDACTED] German/Yiddish Kubel , Kübler , Kiefer , Kieffer , Küfner , Küffner , Ganter Fassbender , Fassbinder , Fässler , Bender , Binder Böttcher/Boettcher , Böttger , Büttner , Bittner , Bodner Schäffler , Scheffler , Schedler , Schoeffler Reif , Reiff Other Germanic De Kuyper , Kuperus , Kuiper/Kuijper/Kuyper , Kuipers / Kuijpers / Kuypers , Cuypers De Cuyper Bødker ( Bodker ) Romance Tonnelier Cubero , Botero Bottero , Botteri , Bottaro , Bottai Butnaru , Dogaru Slavic Bečvář Bednarz , Bednarski , Bednarek , Bednarczyk , Bednář , Bednařík Bodnar Bondar , Bondarenko , Bondarik , Bondarchuk , Bondarev , Bondarevsky , Bondarewski Bocharov , Bochkarev /Bochkaryov Baltic Kubilius , Mucenieks Other Kádár , Bodnár (Hungarian from Slavic), Pütsep [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
98-1440: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cowper (surname) [REDACTED] Look up Cowper or cowper in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. 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 Bob Cowper (born 1940), Australian cricketer Sir Charles Cowper (1807–1875), Australian politician Charles Cowper Jr. (1834–1911), Australian politician, son of Sir Charles Cowper Snr. David Scott Cowper (born 1942), British yachtsman Douglas Cowper (1817–1839), British painter E. E. Cowper (1859–1933), British author Edward Alfred Cowper (1819–1893), British mechanical engineer and metallurgist Frances Maria Cowper (née Madan; sometimes known as Maria Frances; 1726-1797), British poet Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper Frank Cowper (1849–1930), British yachtsman and author Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877–1958), British artist Gerry Cowper (born 1958), British actress Mary Cowper (1625–1784), British courtier and diarist Nicola Cowper (born 1967), British actress Peter Cowper (1902–1962), English footballer of
112-458: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Frank Cowper Francis Cowper (14 January 1849 – 28 May 1930) was an English single-handed yachtsman , explorer, author, illustrator, artist, and journalist who was influential in popularizing single-handed cruising. He has been credited as "the forefather of modern cruising", following the publication of his five books, Sailing Tours, describing his circumnavigation of
126-492: The surname Cowper . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cowper_(surname)&oldid=1241496784 " Categories : Surnames Occupational surnames English-language occupational surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
140-504: The 1920s and 1930s Richard Cowper , pseudonym of John Middleton Murry Jr. (1926–2002) Robert Cowper (composer) (1465–1539/40), English composer Sarah Cowper (1644–1720), English diarist Spencer Cowper (1670–1728), British MP and barrister Spencer Cowper (priest) 1713–1774, Dean of Durham Cathedral Steve Cowper (born 1938), American politician and governor of Alaska William Cowper (disambiguation) , multiple people See also [ edit ] Earl Cowper ,
154-530: The British Isles, the East coast of Ireland, and the French coast of Brittany in a converted 29-ton, 48-foot Dover Fishing boat named Lady Harvey. In a review of the last of his sailing books published in the year of his passing, recognition of his achievements during and after his eventful life are summarized with the following accolades. His books "laid the foundation" of the pilot guides used by yachtsmen today. He
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#1732765491390168-409: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cowper . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cowper&oldid=1152221862 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
182-485: The world around him". Alan Titchmarsh described it as a "rich source of inspiration" for his 1999 novel, The Last Lighthouse Keeper . Cowper also wrote several adventure and romance novels. One of these, The Island of the English (1898), was described as having "a strong, compelling note of verity" and "a vivid, flexible style". On December 28, 1876, Cowper married fellow author Edith Elise Cadogan , daughter of
196-652: Was initially Francis Cooper but resumed the original spelling of Cowper by deed-poll in 1885, and was the second son of five children to Henry Cooper of London. He studied classical history at The Queen's College, Oxford , where he matriculated in 1867, graduating B.A. in 1871 and M.A. in 1875. Cowper learned to sail on the Upper Thames , hiring catboats with friends when he was an undergraduate at Oxford . In 1870, in his final year at university, he spent his summer vacation in Auray , Brittany in northern France, sailing
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