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Thomas William Cowan (1840–1926) co-founded the British Beekeepers' Association and was its president.

Biography
Thomas Cowan was born in 1840, in Saint Petersburg and died in 1926 in Clevedon, UK.

Thomas Cowan described himself as a civil engineer and also a farmer.

Thomas Cowan travelled to the USA several times, and was living in Monterey in 1900.

In 1874 Thomas Cowan and Charles Abbot founded the British Beekeepers Association “For the Encouragement, Improvement and Advancement of Bee Culture in the United Kingdom, particularly as a means of bettering the Condition of Cottagers and the Agricultural Labouring Classes, as well as the advocacy of humanity to the industrious labourer – the Honey Bee.”

Thomas Cowan edited both the "British Bee Journal" and the "Bee Keepers' Record".

Thomas Cowan has been credited as the designer of the cylindrical honey extractor.

Thomas Cowan was the author of a number of books on beekeeping and related topics. After his death, his library of more than 1,800 beekeeping related books formed the basis of the Cowan Memorial Library.