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Writing & Arts
John Howland Rowe
1918–2004American archaeologist & anthropologist
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Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Famous people · Sorrento
One famous person was born in Sorrento
The American archaeologist & anthropologist John Howland Rowe was born in 1918. That places their birth in the age of mills and railroads. 8 languages have an article about them. Over the border in Sullivan, one name is on record: Alice Turner Curtis.
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John Howland Rowe
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1918
John Howland Rowe
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