Archibald Bower, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Archibald Bower

Scottish Historian

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1686

Place of Birth: Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 03-Sep-1766

Profession: writer, historian, author

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Archibald Bower (17 January 1686 – 3 September 1766) was a Scottish historian, now noted for his complicated and varying religious faith, and the accounts he gave of it, now considered by scholars to lack credibility. Educated at the Scots College, Douai, Bower became a Jesuit in Rome.
He joined the Church of England a while after returning to London in 1726.
He wrote a History of the Popes (1748–66, 7 volumes).
This works was drawn into a damaging controversy, concerning his apparent return to the Jesuit or Catholic fold.
By the end of his life it appeared he had changed religion three times.



Alternative names	James Macardell, James MacArdell
Description	Irish mezzotint engraver
Date of birth/death	circa 1729	2 June 1765
Location of birth/death	Dublin	London
Work location	Dublin, London
Authority control	: Q6138610 VIAF: 91332868 ISNI: 0000 0001 0110 2701 ULAN: 500031163 LCCN: nr2004022014 NLA: 35038949 WorldCat

After George Knapton (1698–1778)
Alternative names	G. Knapton; Knapton
Description	English portrait painter
Date of birth/death	1698	December 1778
Location of birth/death	London	Kensington
Work location	London; Padua (1732); Rome (1725–1732)
Authority control	: Q5541385 VIAF: 81636773 ISNI: 0000 0000 6689 8061 ULAN: 500018490 Oxford Dict.: 15700 GND: 137446535