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    William Gowland FRAI (16 December 1842 – 9 June 1922) was an English mining engineer who carried out archaeological work at Stonehenge and in Japan. He...
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  • Gowland is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Daniel Gowland (1798–1883), English merchant and banker Don Gowland (born 1940)...
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    sacred peak of Mount Tate. The name was coined by English archaeologist William Gowland, and later popularized by Reverend Walter Weston (1861–1940), an English...
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    Luke (May 2016). The International Origins of Japanese Archaeology: William Gowland and His Kofun Collection at the British Museum (Ph.D.). Norwich, UK:...
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    Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins OM FRS (20 June 1861 – 16 May 1947) was an English biochemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...
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    small portion of the mountains also reach into Niigata Prefecture. William Gowland coined the phrase "Japanese Alps" during his time in Japan, but he...
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    [citation needed] Stone 22 fell during a fierce storm on 31 December 1900. William Gowland oversaw the first major restoration of the monument in 1901, which...
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  • trustees of the will of Sir William Dunn, banker, merchant and philanthropist. The first holder of the chair was Frederick Gowland Hopkins, winner of the 1929...
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    antiquities from the Kofun period excavated by the pioneering archaeologist William Gowland, (3rd–6th centuries AD) Three ornate bronze Dōtaku or bells from the...
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    Japan, smuggled over the Choshu Five to Britain Abel Gower - consul William Gowland - father of Japanese archaeology Thomas Lomar Gray - engineering professor...
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