Background
Bowles, Gilbert was born on October 16, 1869 in Stuart, Iowa, United States. Son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Epperson) Bowles.
Bowles, Gilbert was born on October 16, 1869 in Stuart, Iowa, United States. Son of Ephraim and Elizabeth (Epperson) Bowles.
Bachelor of Arts, Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa, 1898, A.M., 1899, Doctor of Letters, 1938. Special work, University of Chicago, 1900. Graduate New York School of Philanthropy (now New York School of Social Work), 1909.
Doctor of Laws, Whittier College, 1917. Doctor of Laws, Haverford College, 1938.
Teacher, Penn College, 1899-1901. Missionary, Society of Friends, Tokyo, Japan, since 1901. Chairman trustees Friends’ Girls’ School, Tokyo, Japan, 1901-1941.
Author: Jamaica and Friends Missions, 1899.
Member of Executive Committee International Service bureau of Japan, 1917-1924. Member American Association of Tokyo, American-Japan Society, Asiatic Society of Japan (member of council).
Married Minnie M. Pickett, December 31, 1898. Children: Herbert Epperson, Helen Joy (deceased), Gordon Townsend.