Karl Bowman biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Dr. Karl Bowman

Author Name:

Dr. Karl Bowman

Born As:

Karl Murdock Bowman.

Other Names:

Born:

04 Nov 1888

Died:

02 Mar 1973




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Psychiatrist                          
                          
                          
President of the American Psychiatric Association - 1944-1946.                          
In 1953, Bowman argued for multiple causes for homosexuality, including genetics, but proposed that castration be studied as a cure, and wrote a book  - "The Problem of Homosexuality".

Then in 1961, Bowman disputed the theory that homosexuality was an illness and supported legal reforms.