Sculptor, clay modelling using also wax and plaster for bronze, and teacher, born in Billinghay, Lincolnshire. He studied at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, 1953–62, under Karel Vogel. Taught anatomy and sculpture at Camberwell, 1956–62, then taught at Edinburgh College of Art from 1964. He was elected RSA in 1985. Took part in numerous group exhibitions, solo shows including Leicester Galleries, 1971; Bruton Gallery, 1973; Lamp of Lothian Gallery, Haddington, 1981; and English Speaking Union Gallery, Edinburgh, 1984. Snowden received commissions for Livingston New Town, Cumbernauld New Town and Royal Bank of Scotland fountain at Kelvingrove, Glasgow. Arts Council holds his work. Lived in Edinburgh.
Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)