By Alva “Bobbie” Cowen

From Who’s Who in the Far East (June) 1906-7

COWEN, William Charles Barker (TIENTSIN)

Journalist

b. May 3, 1865 at Hull, estate of late John Richard Cowen, Assistant Editor, Yorkshire Post
m. May 16, 1891, o. d. of Charles Bartram, The Causey, Maxley Hill, Co. Durham.
Educ: Leeds Grammar School.

Assistant Sub-editor Eastern Morning News (Hull),
1883; Assistant Sub-editor, Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Newcastle-on-Tyne,
1884; Chief Sub-editor, Newcastle Daily Chronicle Assistant editor, Newcastle Daily Chronicle
1896; Editor, Lancashire Daily Post and Preston Guardian, Preston,
1900; editor, China Times, Tientsin, 1905.

Publications: Road Book of Northumberland and Durham. History of the Motor Car.

Address: China Times, Tientsin, China.