Bowdler, H. M. (Henrietta Maria), Mrs., 1754-1830

Henrietta Maria [Harriet] Bowdler, English writer and literary editor. She is best known for her Family Shakespeare, a collection of Shakespeare's plays with scenes and references cut out that she found morally offensive. Her brother Thomas was credited with The Family Shakespeare for many years, and it was their surname that inspired the coinage of the verb "bowdlerize.".

From the guide to the H. M. Bowdler manuscript material : 1 item, 1815, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.)

Henrietta Bowdler was an English author and poet. She was born into a literary family, and published numerous religious poems, essays, and even sermons. She and her brother Thomas published the famous Family Shakespeare, purging from the text words and expressions they felt were unfit to be read aloud in a family setting--thus coining the expression, to Bowdlerize.

From the description of H.M. Bowdler letter to Cadell & Davies, 1807 Nov. 13. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 55881207

Henrietta Maria [Harriet] Bowdler, English writer and literary editor. She is best known for her Family Shakespeare, a collection of Shakespeare's plays with scenes and references cut out that she found morally offensive. Her brother Thomas was credited with The Family Shakespeare for many years, and it was their surname that inspired the coinage of the verb "bowdlerize."

From the description of H. M. Bowdler manuscript material : 1 item, 1815 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 76945153

Bowdler was an American author.

From the description of Letter fragment and an autograph, ca. 1800. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78188667