bowdler, a prominent shropshire family descended from baldwin de boulers. ==people with the given name bowdler== * george bowdler buckton (1818â1905), english entomologist * richard bowdler sharpe (1847â1909), english zoologist ==people with the surname bowdler== ===writers=== * henrietta maria bowdler (1750â1830), writer and expurgator of shakespeare, sister of jane, john and thomas bowdler * jane bowdler (1743â1784), 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 (1754â1825), 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 * ernie bowdler (1872â1921), shrewsbury town f.c. and wales international footballer * jack bowdler (1870â1927), shrewsbury town f.c., wolverhampton wanderers f.c. and wales international footballer * lonza bowdler, welsh international rugby player == see also == * hen domen the bowdler family seat ==external links==  * genealogy and history of the bowdler family
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