John Bowen (antiquary)
John Bowen (1756 – 19 June 1832)[1] was an English painter, genealogist and antiquarian.
Life
Bowen was the eldest son of James Bowen, painter and topographer, of Shrewsbury, where the younger Bowen was born. Bowen studied local antiquities under his father; traced out the pedigrees of Shropshire families, and became skilful in deciphering and copying ancient manuscripts. He died on 19 June 1832, aged 76.
Works
In 1795 he sent a drawing of the Droitwich town seal to the Gentleman's Magazine, signing himself 'Antiquarius;' and in 1802 he followed this up with another communication, to which he put his initials. He drew four views of Shrewsbury, which were engraved by Vandergucht (Gough, Topography, ii. 177), and in the Philosophical Transactions is a plate of some Roman inscriptions from his hand.
References
- ^ Thomas Fuller; P. Austin Nuttall (1840). The history of the worthies of England. T. Tegg. pp. 83.
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bowen, John (1756-1832)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
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