circa 1970
| Documentation |
| Obituary |
| Bio Summary | ||
| Wootton Bassett, Wilts. | 2nd child of Richard COWIE & Annie WATSON | 1919 |
| Rugby, Warks. | (after father's death) apprentice at British Thomson-Houston (BTH) | c1937 |
| Trinidad, Indian Ocean, Ceylon, Britain |
Lieutenant, Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm as Air Observer / Navigator | 1941-46 |
| Arbory, Isle of Man | married June CAIN | 1946 |
| University of Bristol | Undergraduate studies | 1946-49 |
| East & North-West Greenland | fieldwork for doctoral thesis (several seasons) | 1950 |
| University of Bristol | awarded Ph.D.; appointed lecturer in Geology Department | 1953 |
| Edinburgh | awarded Royal Scottish Geographical Society's Bruce Medal | 1956 |
| Siberia, China, Brazil, Canada etc. |
field trips with UNESCO geological working group | 1970s |
| --- | retired from academic life | 1994 |
| (2 children: Ian, Andrew) | ||