Bowser, Aubrey Howard, 1886-1979

Aubrey Howard Bowser was a writer, editor and educator. Bowser was born in La Mott, Pennsylvania, a town founded by African American Civil War veterans that were led by his grandfather. He is a 1907 graduate of Harvard College, and later worked at the New York "Age" where he met and subsequently married Jessie Fortune, the daughter of T. Thomas Fortune, editor of the "Age." Bowser's writings included book reviews and literary criticism for the "New York Amsterdam News," poetry, and an unpublished novel entitled "Black Pilgrim: A Novel of Harlem's Early Life." Bowser also taught in the New York City public schools, including at New York Vocational High School, eventually becoming dean of that school. He died in 1979.

From the guide to the Aubrey Howard Bowser papers, 1885-1943, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.)

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