Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872), linguist, writer and traveller

  • Bowring, John, Sir, 1792-1872.
Date:
1810-1890
Reference:
MS.6128
  • Archives and manuscripts

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About this work

Description

Correspondence and papers of Sir John Bowring and of his son, Lewin Bentham Bowring.

Publication/Creation

1810-1890

Physical description

47 items Partly printed.

Contributors

Acquisition note

Glendining's 20-21 Aug. 1934, lot 95; 29-30 April 1935, lot 334; 27-28 May 1935, lot 419 (acc. 67898, 68595).

Biographical note

Sir John Bowring (1792-1872) was a linguist, writer and traveller.

Finding aids

Database description taken from that in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History & Understanding of Medicine, 1999).

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  • 67898
  • 68595