Archibald Bower

Archibald Bower
Born	17 January 1686 Dundee, Scotland
Died	3 September 1766 (aged 80)
Nationality	Scottish
Occupation	historian
Organization	Jesuit
Notable work	History of Rome (1735–44), History of the Popes (1748–66)

Archibald Bower (17 January 1686 – 3 September 1766) was a Scottish historian, now noted for his complicated and varying religious faith, and the accounts he gave of it, now considered by scholars to lack credibility.

Educated at the Scots College, Douai, Bower became a Jesuit in Rome. He joined the Church of England a while after returning to London in 1726. He wrote a History of the Popes (1748–66, 7 volumes). This work was drawn into a damaging controversy concerning his apparent return to the Jesuit or Catholic fold. By the end of his life, it appeared he had changed religion three times.