James Alexander Cowan [SEP] father
James Alexander Cowan
James Alexander Cowan (October 27, 1901 – September 9, 1978) was a Canadian writer and a public relations consultant.
Background.
James Alexander Cowan was born in Shakespeare, Ontario, Canada on October 27, 1901 to Rev. Hugh Cowan and Jean Eloise Wood.
He attended the University of Toronto.
Cowan married Grace Fenwick Williams, daughter of Frederick George H. Williams and grand-daughter of Charles Frederick Williams. The wedding took place on January 12, 1924 at Ernest Hemingway's
and television author
- 35 - Alexander Cowan (1775–1859) papermaker and philanthropist, father of James Cowan and Charles Cowan
- 35 - Helen Bannerman (1862–1946) author of children's books, daughter of Robert Boog Watson and granddaughter of Alexander Cowan
- 37 - Rev Prof William Stevenson (1805–1873) and Charles Cowan (1801–1889) politician and paper-maker, son of Alexander Cowan
- 39 - Donald Tovey (1875–1940) musicologist, composer, and musician
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