Herbert Edmund Bowers

Background

Bowers, Herbert Edmund was born on May 2, 1868 in Southampton, England. Son of John and Elizabeth (Savage) Bowers.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, 1887, Master of Arts, 1889, Hertford College, Oxford, England. (Doctor of Laws, Chaddock College, Illinois, 1897. Doctor of Divinity, Rutherford College, North Carolina, 1902).

Came to America, 1889.

Career

Tutor St. John’s College, Qu’Appelle, Canada, 1892. Ordained P.E. ministry, 1893. Rector, St. Paul’s, Vancouver, B.C., 1895-1896.

General missionary, diocese of Spokane, Washington, 1896-1897. Rector, Marshall, Texas, 1901-1906, Grace Church, Galveston, Texas, since 1906. Deputy to General Convention Protestant Episcopal Church, 1904.

Connections

Married Emilie Blundell-Blake, July 15, 1892.

Father:

John Bowers

Mother:

Elizabeth (Savage) Bowers

Spouse:

Emilie Blundell-Blake