He was born in
Alnwick on 27 January 1827. Bow worked with
Edward Sang and
Thomas Bouch, and his textbooks
Economics of Construction in Relation to Framed Structures (1871) and
Treatise on Bracing in relation to Bridges and other Structures (1874) drew on calculations he had conducted for Bouch. In the 1860s he became fascinated with stereoscopic photography. His address was then 7 South Gray Street on the south side of
Edinburgh. He died at 7 South Gray Street on 17 February 1909 is buried in the grave of his brother Dr John Campbell Bow (1825–1877) in the
Grange Cemetery in southern Edinburgh. The grave lies on the main east–west spine of the south-east section. ==References==