Samuel Cowan (historian)

Samuel Cowan
Born1835
Died18 June 1914 (aged 78 or 79)
NationalityScottish

Samuel Cowan (1835 – 18 June 1914)[1] was a Scottish historian, antiquarian, biographer,[2] publisher and journalist[3] who wrote several books, including Mary Queen of Scots and Who Wrote the Casket Letters (1901), The Gowrie Conspiracy (1902), The Ancient Capital of Scotland (1904) and The Royal House of Stuart (1908).[4]

Cowan was also a justice of the peace.

Between 1866 and 1907, Cowan was the printer and publisher of the Perthshire Advertiser.[3][5]

Personal life

His father was James Cowan, registrar of Monkton and Prestwick.[6]

In 1864, Cowan married Jane Jack, of Largs, with whom he had one son and two daughters. At the time of his death, the family was living at 33 Fountainhall Road in Edinburgh.[7]

Cowan was a member of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.[8]

References

  1. ^ OpenLibrary.org. "Cowan, Samuel". Open Library. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  2. ^ Hyamson, Albert Montefiore (1916). A Dictionary of Universal Biography of All Ages and of All Peoples. G. Routledge & Sons Ltd. p. 142.
  3. ^ a b The Literary Year-book. G. Routledge. 1915. p. 345.
  4. ^ "Perth in Scotland.; THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF SCOTLAND. By Samuel Cowan, J.P., Author of "The Gowrio Conspiracy," &c. Two volumes. Cloth, Svo. Gilt tops. In box. Illustrated. New York: James Pott & Co. $7.50 net". The New York Times. 4 June 1904. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
  5. ^ Perthshire Advertiser, 7 August 1979.
  6. ^ Who's who, Volume 58. A. & C. Black. 1906. p. 392.
  7. ^ Who was who, Volume 1. A. & C. Black. 1920. p. 162.
  8. ^ Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Volume 21. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 1887.