Vincent H. Gowen

Born in 1893, Vincent H. Gowen is identified by Project Gutenberg as Vincent Herbert Gowen, the author of Sun and Moon. Public memorial records list his full name as Vincent Herbert Gowen, with birth in New Westminster, British Columbia, and death in Seattle in 1984.

He was also known as the Rev. Vincent Gowen. Scholarly material about Episcopal missions in the Philippines places him in missionary work during the 1930s, suggesting that his religious vocation and overseas service were an important part of his life.

Only a small amount of biographical information is easy to confirm online, but the outline is clear: he was a clergyman, a writer, and a figure whose work connected faith, travel, and observation. For listeners discovering him today, Sun and Moon offers a glimpse of a thoughtful early-20th-century voice that has endured long enough to enter the public domain.