BOWEN, FRANCIS

(1811-90), Amer, educator; 6. Charles town, Ma .: ed, Harvard; edit. North American Review (1843-54); besides biographies of public men, he wrote A Treatise on Logic, 1864; American Political Economy, 1870; and numerous other works. (1856), American diplomat; 6. Brooklyn, N. Y. He was educated at Yale and olumbia Law School. President Harrison appointed him United States consul at Barcelona, Spain, in 1890, and in 1894 under Cleveland he was made consul general of the same city. When the Spanish-American war broke out he was forced to leave his post, and in 1901 was made Minister Plenipotentiary to Persia by President McKinley. He was later appointed Minister to Venezuela but resigned in 1905. Among his publications are Verses, Losing Ground, In Divers Tones, and, International Law.