Archibald Bower

Bower, Archibald (1686–1766). Historian, born at Dundee, and ed. at the Scots College, Douay, became a Jesuit, but afterwards joined the Church of England, and again became a Jesuit. He wrote a History of Rome (1735–44), a History of the Popes (1748–66). These works are ill-proportioned and inaccurate. His whole life appears to have been a very discreditable one.

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