Bowdler, a prominent

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family descended from Baldwin de Boulers.

People with the given name Bowdler

George Bowdler Buckton George Bowdler Buckton (24 May 1818, London – 25 September 1905, Haslemere, Surrey) was an England, English chemist and entomologist who specialised in aphids. Early life Buckton was born in London and lived in Hornsey, England. He was the ...

(1818–1905), English entomologist *

Richard Bowdler Sharpe Richard Bowdler Sharpe (22 November 1847 – 25 December 1909) was an English people, English zoologist and ornithology, ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural history. In the course of his car ...

(1847–1909), English zoologist

People with the surname Bowdler

Writers

* Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (? - 1797), English religious writer *

Henrietta Maria Bowdler Henrietta Maria Bowdler (1750–1830), commonly called Mrs. Harriet Bowdler, was an English religious author and literary expurgator, notably of the works of William Shakespeare. Family Bowdler was born in Conington, Huntingdonshire, the daught ...

(1750–1830), writer and expurgator of Shakespeare, sister of Jane, John and Thomas Bowdler * Jane Bowdler (1743–1784), poet and essayist and sister of John, Thomas and Henrietta Bowdler * John Bowdler (1746-1823), moral reformer and brother of Henrietta and Thomas Bowdler * John Bowdler the Younger (1783-1815), essayist, poet and lawyer, son of John Bowdler *

Thomas Bowdler Thomas Bowdler (; 11 July 1754 – 24 February 1825) was an English physician known for publishing '' The Family Shakespeare'', an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's plays edited by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler. The two sought ...

(1754–1825), English physician, publisher and editor of the ''Family Shakespeare'' (1818), inspiration of the term

bowdlerisation An expurgation of a work, also known as a bowdlerization, is a form of censorship that involves purging anything deemed noxious or offensive from an artistic work or other type of writing or media. The term ''bowdlerization'' is often used in th ...

* Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782-1856), Church of England priest and nephew and editor of Thomas Bowdler

Sportsmen

* Cal Bowdler (born 1977), retired American basketball player * Charles Bowdler (1785-1879), English cricketer * Ernie Bowdler (1872–1921), Shrewsbury Town F.C. and Wales international footballer * Jack Bowdler (1870–1927), Shrewsbury Town F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and Wales international footballer * Lonza Bowdler, Welsh international rugby player

Politicians

* Audley Bowdler (1884-1969), English politician * William G. Bowdler (1924-2016), American diplomat

Other

Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe (1868 – ), was an English entomologist, colourist and illustrator. Emily Mary Bowdler Sharpe was the eldest of ten daughters of Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909) and Emily Eliza Sharpe (née Burrows; 1842–1928). ...

(1868-1920), English entomologist *

Sandra Bowdler Sandra Bowdler (born 1946) is an Australian archaeologist, emeritus professor of archaeology and former head of the Archaeology Department at the University of Western Australia. Education Bowdler completed an Honours degree in archaeology at ...

(1946), Australian archaeologist

Places

* Ashford Bowdler, a village in Shropshire, England ** Ashford Bowdler railway station, railway station in Ashford Bowdler * Hope Bowdler, a village in Shropshire, England

External links

{{wiktionary, bowdlerise
Genealogy and History of the Bowdler Family
Surnames