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Definition of John Rowlands

1. Noun. Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904).

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Literary usage of John Rowlands

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1848)
"... in the said county of Cardigan, was about to be married to the said John Rowlands, and the said John Rowlands had then finished and completed a house at ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the English Courts of Common Law by Great Britain Bail Court (1869)
"... in the said county of Cardigan, was about to be married to the said John Rowlands, and that the said John Rowlands had then finished and completed a ..."

3. The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley by Henry Morton Stanley (1909)
"And old John Rowlands is your grandfather! Dear heart alive! ... Well, I don't wish to discourage you; but those who know John Rowlands would tell you there ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Ruled at Nisi Prius: In the Courts of Queen's by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Frederick Augustus Carrington, Great Britain Court of Common Pleas, Andrew Valentine Kirwan, Great Britain Court of Exchequer (1850)
"... said county of Cardigan, was about to be married to the said John Rowlands, ... John Rowlands had then finished and completed a house, at Trewern- fach, ..."

5. Stories of Achievement edited by Asa Don Dickinson (1916)
"SIR HENRY MORTON STANLEY HOW John Rowlands BECAME HENRY M. STANLEY SIR HENRY M. STANLEY was of lowly birth, and much of his childhood was spent in a ..."

6. The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley by Henry Morton Stanley, Dorothy Stanley (1909)
"And old John Rowlands is your grandfather! Dear heart alive! ... Well, I don't wish to discourage you; but those who know John Rowlands would tell you there ..."

7. Mona Antiqua Restaurata: An Archæological Discourse on the Antiquities by Henry Rowlands (1766)
"... M, A. changed it with John Rowlands, brother of Richard Rowlands of Aberffraw May 4, 1668 John Rowlands, BA Humphrey Humphreys, MA afterwards ..."

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