Bowen, Clayton Raymond, 1877-1934.

Unitarian minister and Professor of New Testament, Meadville Theological School.

Clayton Raymond Bowen (1977-1934) was born in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, and married Margaret Browning Barber. He earned his BA from Franklin College in 1898 and received his MDiv from Meadville Theological School in 1901. In the academic year of 1901-1902 Bowen studied at the University of Berlin and the University of Marburg on a Perkins Fellowship. He attended Harvard Divinity School from 1902 to 1903. In 1903 he earned a BD from Meadville Theological School and during that same year he was ordained as pastor of the Unitarian Church in Charlestown, New Hampshire. In 1905 he became a lecturer at the Meadville Theological School, and in 1907 he was promoted to the position of assistant professor, finally becoming the professor of New Testament Interpretation in 1911. In 1920 he received a ThD from Meadville, and when that school moved to Chicago in 1926, he became a librarian. During his career he published many articles and tracts, such as The Resurrection in the New Testament (1911) and The Gospel of Jesus (1916). Bowen died in London, England, while on a lecture tour.