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    Dower is a provision accorded traditionally by a husband or his family, to a wife for her support should she become widowed. It was settled on the bride...
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  • Dower is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Dower (1898–1980), British Army officer and politician Dai Dower (1933–2016), British...
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  • Colonel Alan Vincent Gandar Dower (28 March 1898 – 6 May 1980) was a British Army officer and politician. He was Conservative Member of Parliament (MP)...
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  • John W. Dower (born June 21, 1938, in Providence, Rhode Island) is an American author and historian. His 1999 book Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake...
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  • Dower Lake is a lake in Todd County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. Dower Lake was named for Sampson Dower, an English settler. List of lakes in Minnesota...
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    A dower house is usually a moderately large house available for use by the widow of the previous owner of an English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish estate...
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  • John Wayne "Johnny" Dowers (born March 16, 1971, in DeQuincy, Louisiana) is an American actor, writer, and musician best known for his role as Detective...
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    The Dower House, Stoke Park is a dower house in Bristol, England. It is one of Bristol's more prominent landmarks, set on Purdown, a hill above the M32...
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  • Alan Dower Blumlein (29 June 1903 – 7 June 1942) was an English electronics engineer, notable for his many inventions in telecommunications, sound recording...
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    Dower's Prairie is a 14-acre (5.7 ha) native prairie remnant located in southwest Wisconsin, United States. Originally a dairy cow pasture, a hunter in...
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  • John Dower may refer to: John Gordon Dower (1900–1947), British civil servant and architect John W. Dower (born 1938), American historian This disambiguation...
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  • A dowager is a widow or widower who holds a title or property – a "dower" – derived from her or his deceased spouse. As an adjective, dowager usually...
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  • contract signed upon marriage. "Dower" is the English translation that comes closest to Islamic meaning of mahr, as "dower" refers to the payment from the...
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    flanks of Purdown, alongside the M32 motorway, together with the landmark Dower House and Purdown transmitter. Approximately 80% of the park is within the...
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    University Press, 2004) p. 98 Dower 1999, p. 90. Dower 1999, p. 54. Kawai 1951, p. 27 Gordon 2003, p. 228 Dower 1999, p. 292. Dower 1999, p. 293. Bix 2001,...
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  • Noah Dower Nilsson (born 25 April 2005) is a Swedish professional ice hockey left wing for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He was selected...
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  • David William "Dai" Dower MBE (20 June 1933 – 1 August 2016), was a Welsh professional boxer who was a British, Empire and European Flyweight boxing champion...
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  • Kenneth Cecil Gandar-Dower (31 August 1908 – 12 February 1944) was a leading English sportsman, aviator, explorer and author. Born at his parents' home...
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  • John Gordon Dower (2 September 1900 – 3 October 1947) was an English civil servant and architect, who, as secretary of the Standing Committee on National...
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    Liam Dower Nilsson (born 14 April 2003) is a Swedish professional ice hockey centre for IF Björklöven of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). He was selected...
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    was not purely economic." Lightbody 2004, p. 125. Weinberg 2005, p. 310 Dower 1986, p. 5, calls attention to the fact that "the Allied struggle against...
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    Sam Dower Jr. (born November 6, 1990) is an American basketball player. Standing 6'9, he mainly plays the power forward position. He played college basketball...
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  • marriage. Dowry contrasts with the related concepts of bride price and dower. While bride price or bride service is a payment by the groom, or his family...
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  • Jeremy Dower (born 1976) is an Australia-born musician and visual artist. He is best known for contributing the soundtrack to the pixel art tribute to...
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  • Race & Power In the Pacific War is a 1986 history book written by John W. Dower and published by W. W. Norton & Company. The book covers the views of the...
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    which he inherited the non-dower two-thirds of his father's estate. Upon George Washington's death on December 14, 1799, the dower share and slaves reverted...
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    name. Dower 2000, p. 90 Dower 2000, p. 54 Gordon 2003, p. 229 Dower 2000, p. 140 Takemae & Ricketts 2003, p. 451 Dower 2000, p. 143 Finbow 2007 Dower, John...
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    Robert Reid Dower (4 June 1876 – 15 September 1964) was a Cape Colony cricketer who played in one Test match in 1899. He was also a lawyer. He and his...
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    Ministry of Health and Welfare) John W. Dower. War Without Mercy, 1986; ISBN 0-394-75172-8, p. 299 (According to Dower, Japanese war dead are "at least 2.5...
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  • November 12, 2023. Dower (1986), p. 266. Dower (1986), p. 263–264. Dower (1986), p. 267. Dower (1986), p. 268. Dower (1986), p. 269. Dower (1986), p. 270...
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