Background
BOWMAN, John was born on May 13, 1916 in Ayr, Scotland. Son of Matthew Bowman and Sarah (nee Andrew) Bowman.
ecclesiastic and university professor
BOWMAN, John was born on May 13, 1916 in Ayr, Scotland. Son of Matthew Bowman and Sarah (nee Andrew) Bowman.
Ayr Academy, Glasgow University, Christ Church, Oxford University.
Lecturer in Hebrew, Faculties of Arts and Divinity, Glasgow University 1945-1946. Senior Lecturer, Head of Department, of Semitic Languages and Literature, Leeds University 1946-1959. Professor, University of Melbourne, Department, of Middle Eastern Studies 1959-1978, Professor Emeritus since 1978.
Ordained Priest 1954.
Became Australian citizen 1961. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Fellow 1964.; founder and
Married Margaret Fanny Stanton in 1944.