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'''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 [[List of Wales international footballers|Wales international]] footballer
* [[Jack Bowdler]] (1870–1927), Shrewsbury Town F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. and [[List of Wales international footballers|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==
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* [http://www.bowdlers.com/ Genealogy and History of the Bowdler Family]

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