Edward Ernest Bowen

Edward Ernest Bowen ( born March 30, 1836 in Glenmore, Ireland, † April 8, 1901 in Moux, France ) was a decisive direction teachers and principals of the renowned English Harrow School and wrote their famous school song " Forty Years On ".

Edward Bowen attended Trinity College, University of Cambridge. After a time as an assistant at the Marlborough School in 1859, he joined as a teacher in the Harrow School a, where he stayed till his death - until 1893 as its director from 1869 - has worked. He took the view that students follow lessons with interest and should have a good relationship with their teachers. He stood in contradiction to the prevailing Victorian era strict and formal school practice. At the same time he sought the extension of the traditional alignment ancient languages ​​, thereby founding the "modern " side of the boarding school in Harrow on the Hill.

Edward Bowen is known for his contributions to military and theological themes. In addition to the school songs for Harrow he wrote a whole collection of other verses. He was a enthusiatischer cricket and football players, skaters and mountain climbers. In 1864 he played in his only first-class cricket match for Hampshire. Politically, Bowen was a liberal. His property after his death he bequeathed the Harrow School.