Edgar Alfred Bowring papers. 1852

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Edgar Alfred Bowring papers. 1852

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Smith and Elder (Publlishers : active 1852)

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Bowring, Edgar Alfred, 1826-1911

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British civil servant working for the Board of Trade; resident of London, Eng. From the description of Journals, 1841-1857. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19276311 1848-1863 librarian and registrar, the Board of Trade; 1851 royal commissioner of exhibition; 1868-1874 Member of Parliament for Exeter. Epithet: civil servant, politician and translator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description :...

Bowring, John, 1792-1872

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John Bowring was an English statesman and author, renowned as a polyglot. Born in Exeter and raised as a Unitarian, he began working at the age of thirteen, and actively sought to learn languages from travellers. He established a mercantile firm, and travelled extensively, meeting Jeremy Bentham; a controversy over some Greek loans affected his reputation and financial status, but Bentham helped by appointing him political editor of Westminster Review. Bowring published several volumes of verse,...