Reverend William Copeland Bowie (c.1855 - 7 June 1936) was a Unitarian minister and author.
From 1880-1890 he was minister of Stamford Street Unitarian Chapel, Southwark.[1]
He was a long-term member of the London School Board, elected as one of the representatives for the Southwark Division in 1888, he was re-elected on three occasions, holding the seat until 1900. He returned to the school board in April 1903 when he was co-opted to fill a casual vacancy in the representation of Hackney. The school board was abolished in the following year.
He died in Worthing, Sussex, aged 81.
A text by him here.
Mention here.
References[]
- "Obituary: The Rev. W. Copeland Bowie". The Times: p. 16. 9 June 1936.