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Rowntree


Rowntree is an English surname derived from "Rowan tree". It may refer to:

Rowntree's confectionery company and trusts

  • Rowntree's, a confectionery company in York, England previously owned by members of the Rowntree family
  • Rowntree trusts
    • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
    • Joseph Rowntree Foundation

People

Rowntree's confectionery company family and close relatives

  • Arnold Stephenson Rowntree (1872–1951), Liberal MP for York
  • Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree (1871–1954), sociologist and businessman, also known as Seebohm Rowntree
  • Henry Isaac Rowntree (1837–1883), founder of the business
  • John Stephenson Rowntree (1834–1907)
  • John Wilhelm Rowntree (1868–1905), chocolate manufacturer and religious activist
  • Joseph Rowntree (educationist) (1801–1859), education leader
  • Joseph Rowntree (philanthropist) (1836–1925), cocoa and chocolate manufacturer and philanthropist
  • Joshua Rowntree (1844–1915), social reformer
  • Michael Rowntree (1919–2007), journalist and philanthropist
  • Tessa Rowntree (1909–1999), aid worker in Czechoslovakia, 1938–1939

Other persons

  • Joseph Rowntree (Canadian) pioneer of Thistletown, miller on the banks of the Humber River in 1843
  • Fred Rowntree (1860–1927), Scottish architect
  • Lester Gertrude Ellen Rowntree (1879–1979), American botanist and horticulturist
  • Leonard Rowntree (1883–1959), Canadian physician and medical researcher
  • Richard Rowntree (1884–1968), English-born New Zealand cricketer
  • Norman Rowntree (1912–1991), British civil engineer
  • Leslie Rowntree (1914–1975), Canadian political figure
  • Diana Rowntree (1915–2008), British architect and writer
  • Kenneth Rowntree (1915–1997), British artist
  • Gil Rowntree (born 1934), Canadian racehorse trainer and owner
  • Mark Rowntree (born c. 1956), British spree killer
  • Dave Rowntree (born 1964), British musician
  • Graham Rowntree (born 1971), English rugby union player and coach
  • Catriona Rowntree (born 1971), Australian television personality

Other uses

  • Rowntree Park, a 20 acre, a park in York, England
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