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Sir George Ferguson Bowen, GCMG (2 November 1821 – 21 February 1899) was a British author and colonial administrator whose appointments included postings to the Ionian Islands, Queensland, New Zealand, Victoria, Mauritius and Hong Kong.〔R. B. Joyce, '(Bowen, Sir George Ferguson (1821–1899) )', ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Vol. 3, Melbourne University Press, 1969, pp 203–207. Retrieved 18 April 2010〕 ==Early life== Bowen was born the eldest son of the Rev. Edward Bowen,〔 (Death of Sir George Bowen ), Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9676, 23 February 1899, Page 2 〕 rector of Taughboyne in County Donegal.〔 Bowen was educated at Charterhouse School and Trinity College, Oxford. Bowen, twice President of the Oxford Union, was awarded a first class Bachelor of Arts degree in classics in 1844,〔 and was elected a fellow of Brasenose College. Bowen was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1844 and obtained his Master of Arts three years later.〔 In 1846 Bowen had some naval training, serving for sixteen days on .〔 In 1847 Bowen was appointed president of the Ionian University located in Corfu, a post he held until 1851.〔〔Dod (1860), p. 127〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Bowen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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