William alfred fowler biography of christopher
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Physics History Network
Dates
August 9, 1911 – March 14, 1995
Authorized Form of Name
Fowler, William A.
Additional Forms of Names
Fowler, W. A. (William A)
Fowler, William Alfred, 1911-1995
Abstract
William A. Fowler was Institute Professor of Physics Emeritus at the California Institute of Technology (1936-1995). His research interests included nucleosynthesis and astrophysics.
Important Dates
August 9, 1911Birth, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1933Obtained BEngPhys, Ohio State University, Columbus (Ohio).
1936Obtained PhD in Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1936 – 1995Research Fellow in Nuclear Physics (1936-1939); Assistant Professor of Physics (1939-1942); Associate Professor of Physics (1942-1946); Professor of Physics (1946-1970); Scientific Director, Project Vista (1951-1952); Institute Professor of Physics (1970-1982); and Institute Professor of Physics Emeritus (1982-1995), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.)
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Christopher Fowler (minister)
English ejected minister
Christopher Fowler (1610–1678) was an English ejected minister.
Life
[edit]He was the son of John Fowler, and was born at Marlborough, Wiltshire, about 1610. He entered Magdalen College, Oxford, as a servitor in 1627, and graduated B.A. on 9 February 1632. Moving to St. Edmund Hall, he graduated M.A. on 29 October 1634. To John Prideaux he owed a strong attachment to Reformed theology. He took holy orders, and was a Puritan preacher in and about Oxford, until he obtained a living at West Woodhay, Berkshire, before 1641.
On the surrender of Reading (26 April 1643), Thomas Bunbury, vicar of St. Mary's, joined King Charles in Oxford; his living was sequestered and given to Fowler. He took the covenant (1643), and was a strong presbyterian cause. Thinking han själv unsafe in the neighbourhood of the royalist troops at Donnington Castle in Berkshire, garrisoned for the king at the time of the second battle of Newbury (27 O
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Chris Fowler
American sports broadcaster for ESPN
For other people with similar names, see Christopher Fowler (disambiguation).
Chris Fowler (born August 23, 1962)[1][2] is an American sports broadcaster for ESPN, who serves as the play-by-play announcer for Saturday Night Football on ABC and ESPN's tennis coverage. He is also known for his work on College GameDay, which he hosted between 1990 and 2014, and for college football.
In 2014, he replaced Brent Musburger as the play-by-play announcer for Saturday Night Football on ABC, having him on ESPN's top announcing team alongside fellow College Gameday's Kirk Herbstreit; this meant he would also be selected to announce one of the two College Football Playoff semifinal games and the College Football Playoff National Championship.[3]
Early life and education
[edit]Fowler grew up in Rockford, Illinois[4] and State College, Pennsylvania, where his father, Knox, was a theater pro