BOWDICH, THOMAS EDWARD

(1790-1824), Eng. author; spent some years on the Gold Coast, during which time he went on a mi ion to the king of A shanti; pub. an account of his adventures under the title of Mi ion from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee (1819). (1840), American educator; born Boston, Ma . He graduated from Harvard in 1861\ and later studied chemistry and medicine. He served in the Civil War, reaching the rank of major, and following the conflict, pursued special studies in physiology in France and Germany. In 1876 he was made profe or of physiology at Harvard Medical School, which chair he held for thirty years, resigning in 1906. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and has written extensively on physiological subjects. His publications include The Growth of Children (1877); Is Harvard a University? (1890); ‘as so for Teachers of Physio ogy 1838), Amer. sailor and _ scientist; wrote valuable book on navigation. Eng. editor and philanthropist; was an M.D. of private fortune, who became notorious as the editor of The Family Shakespeare (1818), in ten vol’s, in which all words and expre ions were omitted which might offend the prudish sense. From his name is derived the phrase, to bowdlerise, and though he has been execrated by many, his work has been praised by Swinburne. Amer. patriot in War of Independence. His s. James Bowdoin (1752-1811), was politician and diplomatist. Bowdoin College (qg.v.) is named for him.