James Cloyd Bowman, Date of Birth, Date of Death

James Cloyd Bowman

American children's writer and academic

Date of Birth: 18-Jan-1880

Date of Death: 27-Sep-1961

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

James Cloyd Bowman (January 18, 1880 – September 27, 1961) was an American teacher and author primarily of children's books, college text books and journals.
Born in Leipsic, Ohio.
Bowman grew up in Ohio and attended Ohio Northern University (B.S.
1905) with graduate studies at Harvard University (A.M.
1910).
He taught English at Iowa State College (now Iowa State University of Science and Technology), and then at Northern State Teachers College (now Northern Michigan University) at Marquette, MI, where he was chair of the English department from 1921-39. Bowman received a Newbery Honor in 1938 for Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time about the "legend" of Pecos Bill.
In 1958 Pecos Bill won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award.