Значение слова BOWER в Литературной энциклопедии

1) ARCHIBALD (1686-1766).-Historian, _b._ at Dundee, and _ed._ at the Scots Coll., Douay, became a Jesuit, but afterwards joined the Church of England, and again became a Jesuit. He wrote a _History of Rome_ (1735-44), a _History of the Popes_ (1748-66). These works are ill-proportioned and inaccurate. His whole life appears to have been a very discreditable one.2) BOWER, or BOWMAKER, WALTER (_d._ 1449).-Was Abbot of Inchcolm, and continued and enlarged Fordun's _Scotichronicon_.