James Thomas Bowman CBE (6 November 1941 – 27 March 2023) was an English countertenor. His career spanned opera, oratorio, contemporary music, and solo recitals. In 2010 it was announced that he would give his last London concert in 2011 at the Wigmore Hall, although he would continue to give recitals outside the capital. A few years previously he retired from the Chapel Royal, St. James’s Palace in London, after a decade of service.
What did James Bowman do?
Bowman, MD, the first tenured African-American faculty member in medicine at the University of Chicago whose work paved the way for new understandings of inherited blood diseases. Bowman was one of the first to study genetic variation among diverse populations, particularly those of African origin.
Where did James Bowman live?
Born in 1923 in then-segregated Washington, D.C., Bowman earned a bachelor’s degree from Howard University in 1943.
They moved to Iran after being introduced by a friend to a new hospital there, Nemazee Hospital, and Bowman served as chairman of the Department of Pathology for 6 years.