Background
Bowman, Frank Paul was born on June 12, 1927 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Frank George Bowman and Mary Dorothea Pahl.
Bowman, Frank Paul was born on June 12, 1927 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Frank George Bowman and Mary Dorothea Pahl.
Bachelor, Reed College, 1949. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1952. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1955.
Assistant professor University California, Berkeley, 1954—1962. Associate professor University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1963—1965, professor, 1965—1991. Visiting professor University Paris III, 1973—1975, University Paris VII, 1990, Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1993.
Member editorial board French Forum, from 1976, 19th Century French Studies, from 1978, Romantisme, Paris, from 1983. Corporal United States Army, 1945-1946.
Vestryman, warden St. Clement's Church, Philadelphia, 1982—2006. Member of Society Etudes Romantiques (member governing board 1982—2006), Society Etudes Staeliennes 1978—2006, Phi Beta Kappa.