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Bowdler, a prominent Shropshire family descended from Baldwin de Boulers.

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People with the given name Bowdler

  • George Bowdler Buckton (1818–1905), English entomologist
  • Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847–1909), English zoologist

    • Writers

  • Henrietta Maria Bowdler (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 (1754–1825), English physician, publisher and editor of the Family Shakespeare (1818), inspiration of the term bowdlerisation
  • 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
  • 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

    • References

    Bowdler Wikipedia
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