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    Rowan Oak was the home of author William Faulkner in Oxford, Mississippi. It is a primitive Greek Revival house built in the 1840s by Colonel Robert Sheegog...
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    Rowan David Oakes (born 14 October 1983) is a British actor and environmentalist. He is best known for his roles in the series The Pillars of the Earth...
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    with writer William Faulkner and owns and manages his former Oxford home Rowan Oak, which with other on-campus sites Barnard Observatory and Lyceum–The Circle...
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    enough income to buy a house in Oxford for his family, which he named Rowan Oak. Fueled by a desire to make money, Faulkner wrote Sanctuary. With limited...
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    The rowans (/ˈraʊənz/ ROW-ənz or /ˈroʊənz/ ROH-ənz) or mountain-ashes are shrubs or trees in the genus Sorbus of the rose family, Rosaceae. They are native...
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  • Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.[citation needed] After his discharge, Rowan returned to California, where...
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    Lyceum, University of Mississippi, 1848, designed by William Nichols Rowan Oak (William Faulkner House), 1848 St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 1860, attributed...
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    program at the University of Mississippi. In 1972, the university purchased Rowan Oak, the former home of Nobel Prize-winning writer William Faulkner. The home...
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    Class Companion upon his father's death. Rowan died in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 1890. He was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery in Washington, D.C. Midshipman...
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  • The Grove Kennon Observatory Lyceum–The Circle Historic District Museum Rowan Oak Statue of James Meredith Other University of Mississippi Field Station...
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