Clarence Winthrop Bowen | |
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| Born | May 22, 1852 |
| Died | November 2, 1935 (aged 83) |
| Resting place | Woodstock Hill Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Yale University (1883) |
| Occupation | Author |
| Parent(s) | Henry Chandler Bowen Lucy Maria Tappan |
Clarence Winthrop Bowen (1852–1935) was an American author of historical essays. He was a journalist for theNew York Herald Tribune in 1874. That year, he inheritedThe Independent from his father, and he was its publisher until 1913 when he retired.[1]
Clarence Winthrop Bowen was born inBrooklyn, New York, on May 22, 1852. His father was Henry Chandler Bowen (1813–1896), member ofdry goods firms Bowen & McNamee and Bowen, Holmes & Company, New York City, and his mother was Lucy Maria Tappan (1825–1863), daughter of Lewis and Suzanna (née Aspinwall) Tappan of Brooklyn.[2] Lewis Tappan joined theabolitionist movement.[1] Clarence Winthrop Bowen was a direct descendant, on his father's side, from the PuritanApostle Eliot; on his mother's side, he was a great-grand nephew ofBenjamin Franklin. He was the elder brother ofJohn Eliot Bowen, American author.
Bowen's father was the founder ofThe Independent in 1848, and subsequently sole owner and editor; Henry Chandler Bowen was the son of George and Lydia Wolcott (née Eaton) Bowen, ofWoodstock, Connecticut.Roseland Cottage, also known as the Henry C. Bowen House, is a historic house located onConnecticut Route 169 in Woodstock. The house was added to theNational Register of Historic Places in 1977 and was declared aNational Historic Landmark in 1992.[3][4]
Clarence Winthrop Bowen was a private tutor. In his freshman year atYale, he won third prize at the Brothers in Unity Freshman debate. In his junior year, he was awarded first prize at the Junior debate and second prize for dispute appointment. His senior year he won second prize for both colloquy appointment and English composition. He was on his Class Cup Committee; member Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Delta Beta Xi (Alpha Sigma Phi),Delta Kappa Epsilon, andWolf's Head Society.[2]
Clarence Winthrop Bowen attended Yale from 1869 to 1873, then after graduation he went toYale Divinity School, but did not follow through and instead joined the Department of History, earning a Masters in 1876 and a Ph.D in 1882.[1] Having completed his dissertation onThe Boundaries of Connecticut, in 1882 Bowen was the first doctoral candidate to receive a Ph.D. in history.[5]
He married Roxana Atwater Wentworth on January 28, 1892, inChicago. The following year, her veil was exhibited at theWorld's Fair in the city and is now at theVictoria and Albert Museum in London. The daughter of Marie Atwater (née Loomis) and John Wentworth, she died on July 10, 1935.[6]
Bowen was the father of Roxana Wentworth Bowen (1895–1968), who marriedWilliam Stephen Van Rensselaer in 1917, divorced in 1919, and in 1945, she married Sir George Gordon Vereker (1889–1976), theUK Ambassador to Finland andUruguay, brother-in-law ofJohn Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort (1886–1946).[7]
Bowen died due to a cerebral hemorrhage on November 2, 1935, in Woodstock, Connecticut, and is buried at Woodstock Hill Cemetery.[2] According to his obituary he was a man whose "optimism was contagious and his faith in the future unchanged.... He had known intimately so many leaders of thought and action for half a century, that his conversation was filled with highly interesting reminiscence."[8] Bowen's journals and scrapbooks (1869–1934) are preserved at theAmerican Antiquarian Society.[9]
Clarence Winthrop Bowen was a journalist for theNew York Herald Tribune in 1874. That year, he inheritedThe Independent from his father, and he was its publisher until 1913 when he retired.[1]
In 1884, he was a founding member of theAmerican Historical Association and served as treasurer until 1917. In 1887, he served on the Committee on the Centennial Celebration of the Inauguration ofGeorge Washington as President of the United States as secretary.[1] He was elected a member of theAmerican Antiquarian Society in 1904, and served as vice-president from 1920 to 1935;[10] was president of theNew York Genealogical and Biographical Society from 1907 to 1931; earned a doctor of laws at theCollege of William & Mary in 1918; and was president of theNew England Society of New York from 1920 to 1922. Other appointments were: director of the Continental Fire Insurance Company; contributor toThe Century Magazine; founding member of theConnecticut Historical Society; member of the executive committee of theGrant Monument Association; corresponding member of theColonial Society of Massachusetts andRhode Island Historical Society; honorary member of the Sociedad Columbina, Spain, and of theAmerican Scenic and Historic Preservation Society; and trustee of the Manhattan Congregational Church in New York City.[2]
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