Alexander Bower

(1774-1837)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bower, Alexander, fl. 1804-1830 DNB: Bower, Alexander (1774-1837), writer and minister of the Relief church LBT ID: AlBower1837 VIAF ID: 15968265 LOC ID: nr90009993	B/BAP: 1774-03-18 DIED: 1837-02-23
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The son of a weaver, he was educated at Edinburgh University and employed as a cataloguer Advocates' Library and Edinburgh University Library; he published a biography of James Beattie (1804) and history of Edinburgh University (1817-30).
REFERENCES TO Alexander Bower: Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 17 December 1819 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Found 2: ¶ 5 ¶ n1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter X 1819 Found 1: ¶ n1