W. Hamilton describes Chaucer, Gower, Kay, Andrew Bernard, John Skelton, Robert Whittington, Richard Edwards and Samuel Daniel as " volunteer Laureates ".

* Macaulay, G. C. ( 1908 ) " John Gower ," in Ward, A. W., and Waller, A. R., eds.

It was dedicated to Lord Francis Gower ( Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere ), was illustrated by W. H. Brooke, and was published by William Harrison Ainsworth.

At University College London ( the ' Godless Institute of Gower Street ') Lankester taught W. F. R.

Grammer founded RG & G ( Reid, Grammer & Gower ) Company in 1965 with Clyde Reid and J. W.

England, now led once again by David Gower, suffered from injuries and poor form.

Three women have won the British Open Championship: Lily Gower in 1905, Dorothy Steel in 1925, 1933, 1935 and 1936, and Hope Rotherham in 1960.

English had, however, been used as a literary language for centuries before Chaucer's life, and several of Chaucer's contemporaries — John Gower, William Langland, and the Pearl Poet — also wrote major literary works in English.

After the war he retired to his farm near Gower, Missouri and was noted to deny many of his pro-slavery public statements made prior to the Civil War.

** Confessio Amantis by John Gower ( c. 1350 )

He later stated on They Think It's All Over that as a teenager he idolised former England captain David Gower, who was playing for Leicestershire at the time.

According to John Gower in Book 7 of the Confessio Amantis, this plant was the herb of the fourth star of Nectanabus ' astrology, Capella.

Botham ( second from left ) with fellow commentators Willis and Gower, politicians Alastair Campbell | Alistair Campbell and James Erskine, 14th Earl of Mar | James Erskine.

On the Monday morning 500 – 1 odds began to look somewhat more ungenerous as first Brearley, then David Gower and Mike Gatting all fell cheaply reducing England to 41 for 4.

* 1919 – Gower Champion, American dancer and choreographer ( d. 1980 )

* Trelawny of the Wells ( 1975 ) – Mr. Arthur Gower

* Gower, Ronald Sutherland, Joan of Arc, BiblioBazaar LLC, 2007.

He ravaged Pembroke, Haverfordwest and Gower and captured the castles of St. Clear's, Laugharne and Llansteffan.

* Tor Bay, one of the sandy beaches near Oxwich Bay on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales, so-called because the beach is framed by a huge outcrop of carboniferous limestone.

The Vikings did, however, settle in the south around St. David's, Haverfordwest, and Gower, among other places.

* January – In Paviland Cave on the Gower Peninsula of Wales, William Buckland discovers the " Red Lady of Paviland ", the first identification of a prehistoric ( male ) human burial.

** John Gower, English poet ( b. 1330 )

He resided at a property on North Gower Street near Euston Square.

This multi-volume work was taken chiefly from the papers of Lord Macartney and from the papers of Sir Erasmus Gower, who was Commander of the expedition.

** John Gower, English poet ( d. 1410 )

All human civilization east of the Cloudspine mountain range, from the Twelve Duns to Gower, and south to the borders of Forest Heart, was eradicated.

Edward ignored the law in favour of Despenser: when Lord de Braose of Gower sold his title to his son-in-law, an action entirely lawful in the Welsh Marches, Despenser demanded the king grant Gower to him instead.

Roman rule in Wales was a military occupation, save for the southern coastal region of South Wales east of the Gower Peninsula, where there is a legacy of Romanisation.

He had a particular love of the Gower Peninsula, which he had explored extensively in his youth and which, following the purchase of a holiday cottage in Llanmadoc, became a regular holiday retreat for the Jones family.

* Transit ( ship ), the name given to the three sailing vessels designed and built for Captain Richard Hall Gower

About in area, Gower is known for its coastline, popular with walkers and outdoor enthusiasts, especially surfers.

In 1203 King John ( 1199 – 1216 ) granted the Lordship of Gower to William III de Braose ( d. 1211 ) for the service of one knight's fee.

* The official tourism website for Swansea, Mumbles and Gower

Local council elections for Gower were held on 3 May 2012, along with wards in 21 / 22 local authorities in Wales.

The turn-out for Gower was 47. 51 %.

* David Gower, former England cricketer and current cricket commentator for Sky Sports was educated for a time in Quorn, at the Old Primary School

After receiving his only royalty check from Capitol in 1970 for songs he had written for People !, Norman moved from the " rat-hole " apartment at Gower Street and established a half-way house on North Beachwood Drive, Hollywood, where he " housed and fed various groups of people, supervised their Bible studies and drove them to church on Fridays and Sundays ".

David Ivon Gower OBE ( born 1 April 1957 ) is a former English cricketer who became a commentator for Sky Sports.

Gower was briefly reinstated for the 1989 Ashes series, before being replaced as captain by Graham Gooch.

At the time his father, Richard Gower OBE, was working for the Colonial Service in a position in Dar es Salaam, capital of the then British administered territory of Tanganyika, where Gower spent his early childhood.

While at school, Gower would play representative cricket for Public Schools against English Schools at under-16 level.

Having played some matches for the Leicestershire Second XI the previous summer, Gower tried his luck at the club as a professional for the remainder of the year, for £ 25 per week.

Gower made his debut for Leicestershire on 30 July 1975, during that season's County Championship, against Lancashire at Stanley Park, Blackpool.