Bowdler is a prominent family from Shropshire in England, 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