* William Cowper, 1791 ( blank verse ) An audio CD recording abridged by Perry Keenlyside and read by Anton Lesser is available ( ISBN 962 634 5312 ), 1995.

As a result Olney's population was principally of a low income status ; Cowper is said to have described his neighbours as ' the half-starved and ragged of the earth '.

Newton is attributed with suggesting that he and Cowper collaborate on a collection of hymns, ultimately drawn largely from Newton's texts accumulated over ( by the time of publication ) some 10 years.

There is no evidence to show that either Newton or Cowper wrote any music to accompany the hymns.

Rod has no taste for politics or administration, and is happy to have Grant Cowper, an older college student and born politician, elected " mayor ".

John Cowper Powys's novel A Glastonbury Romance is set in Glastonbury and is concerned with the Grail.

* ' The Bard of Olney ' is William Cowper

* His daughter, Lucy ( played by Gerry Cowper ), who only appeared on-screen in one episode (" The Right to Know ") but who is mentioned intermittently throughout.

Cowper is represented with fifteen hymns in The Church Hymn book 1872:

A bulbourethral gland, also called a Cowper's gland for anatomist William Cowper, is one of two small exocrine glands present in the reproductive system of human males.

The obverse scene is derived from Randolph Caldecott's front cover illustration for The Diverting History of John Gilpin ( based on a 1782 poem by William Cowper ), in which Gilpin is astride a runaway horse.

It is a popular tourist destination perhaps best known for the Olney Pancake Race and for the Olney Hymns by William Cowper and John Newton.

The Cowper Stone is a block of gritstone at the most southerly point of Stanage.

William Cowper, poet, died in Dereham, and is buried in St Nicholas's Church, where there is a commemorative stained glass window.

Steve Cowper ( born August 21, 1938 ) is an American Democratic politician who was the sixth Governor of Alaska of Alaska from 1986 to 1990.

Hillcrest Primary School, off Cowper Street, is another prominent school in the area and has been known to host events such as PFS ( playing for success ).

The Division of Cowper is an Australian Electoral Division in New South Wales.

It is named for Charles Cowper, an early Premier of New South Wales.

It is recorded that The master mason for the castle was John Cowper, who was paid the sum of eight pence a day to oversee the stonework's, as compared to the brick-maker in charge, Anthony Docheman, who was paid ten pence a week.

William Cowper FRS ( c. 1666 – 8 March 1709 ) was an English surgeon and anatomist, famous for his early description of what is now known as the Cowper's gland.

Whatever the truth may be, it is undeniable that Cowper was a great anatomist and surgeon in his own right – and that he clearly did not give Govard Bidloo proper credit for his involvement in this work.

William Hayley ( 9 November 1745 – 12 November 1820 ) was an English writer, best known as the friend and biographer of William Cowper.

William Cowper Brann ( January 4, 1855 – April 1, 1898 ) was an American journalist known as Brann the Iconoclast.

Harpenden has a large number of its streets named after English literary figures on the East side of the town ( an area known, unsurprisingly, as the Poets ' Corner ), including Byron Road, Cowper Road, Kipling Way, Milton Road, Shakespeare Road, Spenser Road, Shelley Court, Tennyson Road, Townsend Road, Masefield Road and Wordsworth Road.

Francis Thomas de Grey Cowper, 7th Earl Cowper KG, PC, DL ( 11 June 1834 – 18 July 1905 ), known as Viscount Fordwich from 1837 to 1856, was a British Liberal politician.

William Francis Cowper-Temple, 1st Baron Mount Temple PC ( 13 December 1811 – 16 October 1888 ), known as William Cowper ( pronounced " Cooper ") before 1869 and as William Cowper-Temple between 1869 and 1880, was a British Liberal Party politician and statesman.

" Praise for the Fountain Opened ," commonly known by its first line " There is a Fountain Filled with Blood ," is a well-known hymn written by William Cowper.

Born in the London Borough of Hackney to a family of St Lucian heritage, Nelson attended Central Foundation Boys ' Grammar School ( now known as Central Foundation Boys ' School ) in Cowper St, Islington, London EC2 and Westminster Kingsway College.

Of the 348 hymns in the original published edition of 1779 some commentaries state that Cowper wrote just 66 between 1772 and 1773, and Newton the remainder, while other sources attribute 67 to Cowper.

Cowper left Olney for nearby Weston Underwood in 1786.

Newton also explains his two primary motives for publishing ; his desire to promote ' the faith and comfort of sincere Christians ', and as a permanent record of his friendship with Cowper.

Quincy Saunders, Bill Cowper, and Bud Eure are the three magistrates for Gates County.

Among his lovers was Countess Cowper, wife of the 3rd Earl Cowper, who in compensation for being cuckolded was given honours by Leopold's brother, Joseph II.

The southern part of Long Readings Lane and the south side of Cowper Road became part of the Britwell ward for the first time in 2004 following a Boundary Commission review.

Maiden Castle has provided inspiration for composer John Ireland and authors Thomas Hardy and John Cowper Powys.

* James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: Lord David Cecil, The Stricken Deer: or The Life of Cowper

Del and Rodney spent the whole of " Tea for Three " battling each other for the affections of Trigger's niece Lisa ( Gerry Cowper ).

He was born in Shirley, Derbyshire, the son of the Reverend Charles Francis Powys ( 1843 – 1923 ), vicar of Montacute, Somerset, for 32 years, and Mary Cowper Johnson, a descendent of the poet William Cowper.

Powys was born in Dorchester, the son of the Reverend Charles Francis Powys ( 1843 – 1923 ), who was vicar of Montacute, Somerset for thirty-two years, and Mary Cowper Johnson, a descendent of the poet William Cowper.

His work in Moncrieff v Moncrieff in 1734 established Murray as a brilliant young barrister praised for his performance by Lords Cowper and Parker.

The clause, a compromise on the matter of funding for denominational schools, was named after its proposer, Liberal MP William Cowper-Temple ( born William Francis Cowper, later Baron Mount Temple ).

A notable resident of the village for many years was William Cowper.

( See Earl Cowper for the Cowper peerages.