John Templeton Bowen

{{short description|American dermatologist}}

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John Templeton Bowen (July 8, 1857 – December 3, 1940) was an American dermatologist.{{WhoNamedIt|doctor|3232}} He was a professor of dermatology at Massachusetts General Hospital.

Bowen obtained his doctoral degree in medical sciences from the Harvard University in 1884. From 1884 to 1887, he pursued postgraduate studies in Berlin, Munich, and Vienna. He joined Massachusetts General Hospital in 1889 as an assistant in the skin diseases department.{{cite journal |title=The Centenary of John Templeton Bowen July 8, 1857 — December 3, 1940 |url=http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/525117 |journal=Archives of Dermatology |year=1957 |volume=76 |issue=2 |page=184 |publisher=JAMA Dermatology |doi=10.1001/archderm.1957.01550200028005 |accessdate=October 28, 2020}}

In 1907 he became a professor of dermatology at Harvard Medical School. During his time at Harvard, he was elected president of the American Society of Dermatology.{{cite journal |title=John Templeton Bowen 1857–1940 |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF02554324 |journal=Diseases of the Colon & Rectum |accessdate=October 28, 2020 |pages=982–988 |language=en |doi=10.1007/BF02554324 |date=December 1, 1985 |last1=Bowen |first1=John T. |volume=28 |issue=12 |s2cid=75323507}}

Bowen's disease and bowenoid papulosis are named after him.