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William John Owen Rowbotham (14 March 1914 – 12 July 1999) was an English actor and songwriter. He is best known for portraying Compo Simmonite in the Yorkshire-based BBC comedy series Last of the Summer Wine for over a quarter of a century. He died on 12 July 1999, his last appearance on-screen being shown in April 2000.
Owen married Charlotte Green in 1794, and they settled in Cambridge. Several of their children survived him, including sons Henry and John Orde. Their daughter Mary Frances married in 1820 William Wilberforce (1798–1879), the eldest son of William Wilberforce, who was being coached by Owen for a career as barrister.
William L. Owen was born April 29, 1809, the second son of John Owen and Nancy Easley of Black Walnut, Virginia, [3] now known as Cluster Springs. Both John and his father Robertson Owen were planters in Halifax County.
John Owen (1616 – 24 August 1683) was an English Puritan Nonconformist church leader, theologian, and vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford.One of the most prominent theologians in England during his lifetime, Owen was a prolific author who wrote articles, treatises, Biblical commentaries, poetry, children's catechisms, and other works. [1]
William Owen was born at 13 Broad Street, Ludlow, Shropshire in 1769 and was baptised on 3 November in Ludlow Parish Church.Owen's father, Jeremiah Owen, had trained for the church but instead chose to follow in his father's profession and took over the family barber shop which he later expanded into a stationery and bookshop.
Jennifer Garner (R) with her father William Garner. Michael Tran/FilmMagic/Getty Images Jennifer Garner is mourning the loss of her dad, William John Garner, following his death. “My dad passed ...
Owen was born in around 1600 in the commote of Eifionydd in north-west Wales. He was the eldest son of John Owen of Bodsilin, Anglesey (d.1613), secretary to Francis Walsingham. His mother, Elin Maurice, was the daughter of William Wynn Maurice of Clenennau and the granddaughter and heiress of the politician Sir William Maurice of Clenennau.
Sir William Francis Langer Owen, KBE, QC (21 November 1899 – 31 March 1972) was an Australian judge who served as a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1961 until his death in 1972. Early life