Cowper may refer to:
- Cowper (surname), people with the surname
- Cowper Phipps Coles (1819-1870), English naval captain and inventor
- Earl Cowper, an extinct title in the Peerage of Great Britain
- Cowper, New South Wales, a town in New South Wales, Australia
- Division of Cowper, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South Wales
- Cowper County, New South Wales
- Cowper House, Chester, England
- Cowper stove, a regenerative heat exchanger
Famous quotes containing the word cowper:
“Once more I would adopt the graver style—
A teacher should be sparing of his smile.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“A fretful temper will divide
The closest knot that may be tied,
By ceaseless sharp corrosion;
A temper passionate and fierce
May suddenly your joys disperse
At one immense explosion.”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)
“O, popular applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?”
—William Cowper (1731–1800)