Bowdler Explained

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

People with the given name Bowdler

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

People with the surname Bowdler

Writers

• Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler (? - 1797), English religious writer
• 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
• 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 (1868-1920), English entomologist
• Sandra Bowdler (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

See also

• Hen Domen the Bowdler family seat

External links

• Genealogy and History of the Bowdler Family