Richard Plant Bower

Richard Plant Bower
Canadian diplomat
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Federal Republic of Germany
In office
1966–1970
Preceded byEscott Meredith Reid
Succeeded byGordon Gale Crean
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to South Korea
In office
1964–1966
Preceded byEstablished
Succeeded byHerbert Owen Moran
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan
In office
1962–1966
Preceded byWilliam Frederick Bull
Succeeded byHerbert Owen Moran
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Argentina
In office
1958–1962
Preceded byLouis Phillippe Picard
Succeeded byLéon Mayrand
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Venezuela
In office
1956–1958
Preceded byHarry Leslie Brown
Succeeded byJoseph Louis Eugène Couillard
Personal details
Born(1905-03-01)1 March 1905
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Died1 January 1996(1996-01-01) (aged 90)
NationalityCanadian
EducationUniversity of Manitoba
OccupationDiplomat

Richard Plant Bower (March 1, 1905 – 1996) was a Canadian diplomat. He was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Venezuela[1] then to Argentina[2] and concurrently to Paraguay and Uruguay. He was later appointed to Japan then in 1964 he was concurrently accredited as ambassador to South Korea, Canada's first ambassador to that country.[3] Later he became ambassador to West Germany.[4]

Bower was born on March 1, 1905, in Kansas City, Missouri, to Thomas Toefield Bower and Mabel Hamm. He graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1924. He joined the Canadian diplomatic corps in 1926 and was posted to the Netherlands as a trade commissioner. Subsequent postings included the then Dutch East Indies, New Zealand, Australia, Newfoundland (at that time an independent dominion within the British Commonwealth) and the United Kingdom. In 1956, on his appointment as ambassador to Venezuela, Bower transferred from the Department of Industry, Trade and Commerce to the Department of External Affairs. He died in 1996.[5]

  1. ^ "Going to Venezuela". The Financial Post. 25 February 1956. p. 6. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Argentine, Canadian Ambassadors Meet At Diplomatic Crossroads". Ottawa Citizen. 15 December 1958. p. 3. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Diplomatic Links Extended". Windsor Star. Canadian Press. 24 December 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Canada builds embassy in Bonn". The Financial Post. 3 August 1968. pp. G15. Retrieved 11 May 2013.
  5. ^ "BOWER PERRY - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages".