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Thomas Bowdler LRCP FRS (/ˈbaʊdlər/; 11 July 1754 – 24 February 1825) was an English physician known for publishing The Family Shakespeare, an expurgated...

Shakspeare) is a collection of expurgated Shakespeare plays, edited by Thomas Bowdler and his sister Henrietta ("Harriet"), intended to remove any material...

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...

Thomas Bowdler the Younger (1782–1856) was an Anglican priest, who wrote a memoir of his father, John Bowdler, and his uncle, Thomas Bowdler the elder...

Griffiths. p. 344. Thomas Bowdler (1825). Memoir of the Late John Bowdler, Esq: To which is Added Some Account of the Late Thomas Bowdler, Esq., Editor of...

the expurgation of lewd material from books. The term derives from Thomas Bowdler's 1818 edition of William Shakespeare's plays, which he reworked in ways...

the eighth move with a queen sacrifice. 1788: Thomas Bowdler vs Henry Seymour Conway, London. Thomas Bowdler offers the first example of a famous double...

Emotive conjugation Expurgation (often called bowdlerization, after Thomas Bowdler) Framing (social sciences) Minimisation Persuasive definition Polite...

February 22 – Eleanor Anne Porden, English poet (b. 1795) February 24 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician (b. 1754) March 1 John Brooks (governor), Massachusetts...

starling (Pholia sharpii). Richard was born in London, the first son of Thomas Bowdler Sharpe. His grandfather, Reverend Lancelot Sharpe was Rector of All...

married Thomas Bowdler (bap. 1719, d. 1785) in 1742 and among the couple's five children were four who also became religious writers: Jane Bowdler, John...

(b. 1775) 1815 – Robert Fulton, American engineer (b. 1765) 1825 – Thomas Bowdler, English physician and philanthropist (b. 1754) 1856 – Nikolai Lobachevsky...

Zenobia's Revolt Against Rome. p. 108. ISBN 0472083155. Edward Gibbon; Thomas Bowdler (1826). History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire for the...

Covering cherub Emily Post Mary Whitehouse Openness to experience Thomas Bowdler Typical intellectual engagement "Eponyms from Wordcraft". Chisholm,...

electoral wards of Mayals, Newton and West Cross. Thomas Bowdler, who with Henrietta Maria Bowdler edited Shakespeare, is buried in Oystermouth. Bishop...

Individual Freedom Super-injunctions in English law Taking Liberties (film) Thomas Bowdler whose name is now used as the verb "bowdlerise" or "bowdlerize" Areopagitica:...

Bowdler was born in Conington, Huntingdonshire, the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Stuart Bowdler, and sister of John Bowdler and Thomas Bowdler the...

1911) 22 February – Eleanor Anne Porden, poet (born 1795) 24 February – Thomas Bowdler, editor and physician (born 1754) 6 March – Samuel Parr, schoolmaster...

Italian language, a sign of his growing confidence. A party, including Thomas Bowdler, Rowland Burdon, John Patteson, John Stuart and Henry Grewold Lewis...

1746, the son of Thomas Bowdler and Elizabeth, née Cotton, second daughter and coheiress of Sir John Cotton, 6th Baronet. John Bowdler (known as the elder...