William Hutchinson Rowe (March 6, 1882[1] – 1955) was an American author and historian who lived in Yarmouth, Maine.

[1] A brother, Sylvanus Charles, followed on November 1, 1885;[4] he died in 1910, aged about 25, while employed at the Hollingsworth & Whitney Company, of Winslow, Maine.

[8] After graduating from Colby, a throat ailment caused Rowe to return to the drug business, in which he gained some experience prior to college.

[7] Shortly after Rowe received his high-school diploma in 1899,[4] Leone R. Cook, owner of a drug store in Yarmouth's Upper Village, offered him an apprenticeship.

[4] He added the stock of William Richards' dry goods business after it closed at 82–84 Main Street.

[10] Rowe began serving on the Yarmouth School Committee in 1905, becoming its chairman from 1907,[8] and continued in the role for the next 34 years.

Further columns from Rowe included "Wooing the Summer Resort Trade" (June 1909) and "The Country Druggist: His Advertising" (December 1909).

He was a deacon at the Main Street church, and was also a member of the Free and Accepted Masons (both Blue Lodge and Chapter).