Herbert Henry Gowen
(1864–1960)

Anglican missionary and Orientalist, born in England and moved to the United States, where he was associated with the Univeristy of Washington

Works

Works about Asia

  • The Paradise of the Pacific: Sketches of Hawaiian Scenery and Life (1892) (external scan)
  • An Outline History of China (1913) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
  • The Napoleon of the Pacific, Kamehameha the Great (1919) (external scan)
  • Asia: A Short History from the Earliest Times to the Present Day (1926) (external scan)
  • An Outline History of Japan (1926)
  • The Journal of Kenkō; Musings of a Japanese Qoheleth in the Fourteenth Century (1928)
  • A Precursor of Perry, or, The Story of Takano Nagahide (1928) (external scan)
  • A History of Indian Literature from Vedic Times to the Present Day (1931) (external scan)
  • Five Foreigners in Japan (1936)

Works about religion

  • Church Work in British Columbia: Being a Memoir of the Episcopate of Acton Windeyer Sillitoe (1899) (external scan)
  • The Day of His Coming: Thoughts for the Season of Advent (1907) (external scan)
  • Sonnets for the Sundays of the Church Year (1916) (external scan)
  • The Psalms, or, The book of Praises (1929) (external scan)


Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.


The author died in 1960, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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