Frank Prosser Bowden
Frank Prosser Bowden (August 1860 – 28 May 1934) was a senior public servant, initially with the Tasmanian Post Office and following Federation, the federal Postmaster-General's Department. He was heavily involved in the development of Tasmania's telegraphy and telephony networks, and subsequently their integration into those of the Commonwealth. Notable for his participation with William Philpot Hallam's early wireless radio experiments. Early life and family Bowden was born at Launceston in August, 1860, a son of the late John Gibson Bowden. He spent by far the greater portion of his life at Hobart, for his family removed from Launceston and came to the capital of Tasmania when he was six months old and he was at Hobart ever since. He received his education at private schools. In the first place he attended a school kept by a Mr. Cairnduff (popularly known as "Plummy") in Brisbane-street, and afterwards was a scholar at Mr. E. D. Oldfield's Academy at the corner of Argyle a ...
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Tasmanian Post Office
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