Rowland

Rowland may refer to:

Populated places

  • Rowland, Derbyshire, England
  • Rowland, North Carolina, USA

People

  • Rowland (surname), people so named

Other

  • Ó Rothlain, Irish surname sometimes anglicised as Rowland
  • Childe Rowland, a fairy tale by Joseph Jacobs, based on a Scottish ballad
  • Rowland Institute for Science, now part of Harvard University
  • Rowland (crater), on the Moon
  • Rowland Theater, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

See also:

  • Roland (disambiguation)
  • Rowlands
  • Rowlan

Famous quotes containing the word rowland:

    The tenderest spot in a man’s make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.
    —Helen Rowland (1875–1950)

    An old superstition: If the house is filled with dread, place the beds at head to head.
    Willis Cooper, and Rowland V. Lee. Maid, Son of Frankenstein, explaining to Mrs. Frankenstein why the bedroom is arranged as it is. (1938)

    Is it the old, legendary monster of my father’s time? Or am I supposed to have whipped one up, as a housewife whips up an omelette?
    Willis Cooper, and Rowland V. Lee. Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone)