George Duncan Rowe
Spy cartoon of Rowe in Vanity Fair, 1906
Born1857
Died1934
NationalityBritish
EducationMarlborough College
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Occupationstockbroker
Known forCo-founder of Rowe & Pitman
SpouseFrances
Children7, including Antony Rowe

George Duncan Rowe (1857–1934) was a British stockbroker, and the co-founder of Rowe & Pitman, with Frederick I. Pitman.

Life

He was the born in Valparaíso, Chile, the son of Charles Rowe, a Liverpool shipowner.[1][2] He was educated at Marlborough College,[3] followed by University College, Oxford, where he was a keen rower.[2][4]

Rowe married Frances, a violinist, and they had seven children, including the rower Antony Rowe.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Antony Rowe". 11 December 2003. Retrieved 1 July 2018 via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. 1 2 s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Rowe, George Duncan
  3. "The Rowers of Vanity Fair/Rowe GD - Wikibooks, open books for an open world".
  4. "A Postscript: Rowe & Pitman". 19 May 2010. Retrieved 1 July 2018.
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