Jonathan David Anthony Bowden was an English painter, novelist, essayist, playwright, actor, orator and activist.
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14 Facts About Jonathan Bowden
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Jonathan Bowden's mother suffered from severe mental illness, and died when Bowden was 16 years old.
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Jonathan Bowden subsequently enrolled at Wolfson College, Cambridge University, in autumn 1988, but left after a few months.
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Jonathan Bowden became a personal friend of Bill Hopkins during this time.
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Jonathan Bowden began his political career as a member of the Conservative Party in the Bethnal Green and Stepney Constituency Association.
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In 1993, Jonathan Bowden published the book Right through the European Books Society.
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Jonathan Bowden then joined the Freedom Party, for which he was treasurer for a short time, and subsequently was a member of the Bloomsbury Forum, in company with Adrian Davies.
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In 2003, Jonathan Bowden broke with attempts to influence Conservatism and moved into political activity by joining the British National Party.
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Jonathan Bowden was appointed Cultural Officer, a position its leader Nick Griffin created to give Bowden officer status within the organisation.
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Jonathan Bowden became a popular speaker; many of his speeches are recorded and have been transcribed.
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In late 2011 and early 2012, Bowden made fourteen appearances on Richard B Spencer's Vanguard podcast.
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In 2012, Jonathan Bowden died of heart failure at his home in Berkshire at the age of 49, shortly after being released from the psychiatric ward of a hospital, where he was admitted after suffering a mental breakdown.
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Ideas that Jonathan Bowden held to be true include that some hierarchies are good for society, that "liberalism is moral syphilis" and that native Europeans are justified in asserting their cultural, ethnic, psychological and spiritual hegemony over Europe.
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