Cowen, Frederick Hymen, a popular English composer, born in Kingston, Jamaica; his works consist of symphonies, cantatas, oratories, as well as songs, duets, &c.; is conductor of the Manchester Subscription Concerts in succession to Sir Charles Hallé; (b. 1852).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Cowell, John * Cowes