Dr. Geraint Bowen (10 September 1915 – 16 July 2011) was a Welsh language poet, academic and political activist.
[2] Bowen was brought up in New Quay, Cardiganshire, after his father, Orchwy, became the minister there at Towyn chapel.
Bowen's doctoral thesis was a study of recusant literature in south-east and north-east Wales, and he wrote extensively on this subject and other aspects of Welsh religious history during his academic career.
[3] He was an outspoken Welsh nationalist, and during the Second World War became a conscientious objector, working in farming as an alternative to military service.
As Archdruid he was heavily involved in the campaign to force the government to create the promised Welsh-language television channel S4C.