Samuel Bowden

Dr. Samuel Bowden (1733-1761 fl.) was an English poet and physician.

Life
Bowden, from Frome, Somerset, was the author of two volumes of poems published 1733-1735. From the Gentleman's Magazine, to which he was an occasional contributor, it is deduced that he was living in 1761, while a passing mention of him in 1778 is in the past tense. The writer adds that he was a friend of Elizabeth Singer Rowe, poet, and belonged to the same communion. Bowden was therefore a nonconformist, and may be a relative of the Rev. John Bowden who preached Mrs. Rowe's funeral sermon.