Fredson Thayer Bowers (1905–1991) was an American bibliographer and scholar of textual editing.
Bowers was a cryptanalyst and served as a commander in the United States Navy during World War II leading a group of codebreakers.
[3] In 1947 he led a group of faculty and interested local citizens in founding the Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, and served as president for many years.
He founded its annual publication Studies in Bibliography, which became a leading journal in the field.
He retired in 1975, retaining the title Linden Kent Professor of English Emeritus at the University of Virginia.