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Robert Henry Bow

1832 – 1908

British photographer and civil engineer

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Lived 1832 – 1908 (aged 75–76). Robert Henry Bow was a British photographer, civil engineer and engineer.

Robert Henry Bow FRSE (1827–1909) was a Scottish civil engineer and photographer.

Life He was born in Alnwick on 27 January 1827.

Bow worked with Edward Sang and Thomas Bouch, and his textbooks Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures (1871) and Treatise on Bracing in relation to Bridges and other Structures (1874) drew on calculations he had conducted for Bouch.

In the 1860s he became fascinated with stereoscopic photography. His address was then 7 South Gray Street on the south side of Edinburgh.

He died at 7 South Gray Street on 17 February 1909 is buried in the grave of his brother Dr John Campbell Bow (1825–1877) in the Grange Cemetery in southern Edinburgh. The grave lies on the main east–west spine of the south-east section.

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Important facts

Born
1832, Alnwick
Birth century
Died
1908
Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

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Who was Robert Henry Bow?

British photographer and civil engineer (1832–1908)

When was Robert Henry Bow born?

Robert Henry Bow was born in 1832 in Alnwick.

When did Robert Henry Bow die?

Robert Henry Bow died in 1908.

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Robert Henry Bow was a photographer, civil engineer and engineer.

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Robert Henry Bow was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Robert Henry Bow

· Wikidata: Q7345415

· DBpedia: Robert Henry Bow

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