John Rowlands may refer to:
- Henry Morton Stanley, Welsh writer who was born 'John Rowlands'
- John Rowlands (author), Welsh language novelist and academic
- John Rowlands (RAF officer) - World War II bomb disposal expert, post-war developer of British A-bomb
- John Rowlands (priest), Anglican Dean of Gibraltar
Famous quotes containing the words john and/or rowlands:
“Reprehension is a kind of middle thing betwixt admonition and correction: it is sharpe admonition, but a milde correction. It is rather to be used because it may be a meanes to prevent strokes and blowes, especially in ingenuous and good natured children. [Blows are] the last remedy which a parent can use: a remedy which may doe good when nothing else can.”
—William Gouge, Puritan writer. As quoted in The Rise and Fall of Childhood by C. John Sommerville, ch. 11 (rev. 1990)
“Sir Eglamour, that worthy knight,
He took his sword and went to fight;
And as he rode both hill and dale,
Armed upon his shirt of mail,
A dragon came out of his den,
Had slain, God knows how many men!”
—Samuel Rowlands (1570?–1630?)