Sculpting artist John Dowie

John Dowie

Living place: Australia

Birthday: 15-1-1915

Global rank: #99750

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Who is Sculpting artist John Dowie?
Sculptor and painter known for his Three Rivers fountain in Victoria Square, Adelaide.
He has created over fifty public sculptures, including an Adelaide Airport memorial to Sir Ross Smith and busts of Mark Oliphant and Mellis Napier.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He studied architecture and painting at the University of Adelaide and worked during World War II as an assistant to Australian war sculpture Lyndon Dadswell and one of the Tobruk rats.

Family life info

He died of a stroke while in a nursing home in Adelaide. His niece Penny Dowie became a painter.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Sculpting artist John Dowie?
He was born a few years after the death of fellow sculptor Percival Ball, who also created art in Australia.

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When was Sculpting artist John Dowie born?
John Dowie was born in 15-1-1915, death year is , at the age of 109.
Where is Sculpting artist John Dowie's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
John Dowie was born in Australia. is a Sculpting artist, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Tiger. John Dowie's global rank is 99750 and whose rank is 372 in list of famous Sculpting artist.
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Events in 1915 and 15-1

Events in the world in the birth year of John Dowie

  • British oceanliner Lusitania sunk by German submarine, 1,195 perish.
  • Second Battle of Ypres is fought. Background: World War I
  • Genocide of estimated 600,000 to 1 million Armenians by Turkish soldiers.

Birthday John Dowie (15-1) in history

  • Day 15-1 year 1559: Queen Elizabeth I is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
  • Day 15-1 year 1759: Celebrating the Day the British Museum opened
  • Day 15-1 year 1777: The Republic of New Connecticut declared its independence and was renamed Vermont six months later.
  • Day 15-1 year 1870: The donkey was first used as symbol of the Democratic Party in Harper's Weekly.
  • Day 15-1 year 1943: The world's largest office building, the Pentagon, was completed.
  • Day 15-1 year 1967: The first Super Bowl was played: Green Bay Packers 35, Kansas City Chiefs 10.
  • Day 15-1 year 1973: President Nixon orders halt to offensive operations in North Vietnam.
  • Day 15-1 year 1992: The European Community recognized Croatia and Slovenia as separate states, effectively ending the Yugoslav federation, founded in 1918.
  • Day 15-1 year 2009: After allegedly striking a flock of geese, US Airways Flight 1549, en route from La Guardia Airport, New York City, to Charlotte, N.C., is forced to land in the Hudson River. All 150 passengers and 5 crew members survived. The pilot, Chesley B. "Sully" Sullenberger III, was hailed as the "Hero of the Hudson" for his quick thinking and deft landing of the plane.
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