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  Thomas Bowdler - LoveToKnow 1911
THOMAS BOWDLER (1754-1825), editor of the "family" Shakespeare, younger son of Thomas Bowdler, a gentleman of independent fortune, was born at Ashley, near Bath, on the ath of July 1754.
Bowdler also expurgated Edward Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (published posthumously, 1826); and he issued a selection from the Old Testament for the use of children.
From Bowdler's name we have the word to "bowdlerize," first known to occur in General Perronet Thompson's Letters of a Representative to his Constituents during the Session of 1836, printed in Thompson's Exercises, iv.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Thomas Bowdler
Thomas Bowdler (IPA /ˈbaʊdlə/) (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825) was an English physician who published an expurgate edition of William Shakespeare's work that he considered to be more appropriate than the original for women and children.
Bowdler was born near Bath, the son of a gentleman of independent means, and studied medicine at St.
Bowdler felt it would be worthwhile to present an edition which might be used in a family whose father was not a sufficiently "circumspect and judicious reader" to accomplish this expurgation himself.
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 Thomas Bowdler
Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 - February 24, 1825), an English physician, has become (in)famous as the editor of a children's edition of William Shakespeare, the Family Shakespeare, in which he "endeavoured to remove every thing that could give just offence to the religious and virtuous mind."
For example, the death of Ophelia in Hamlet was euphemized into an accidental drowning rather than the deliberate suicide implied by Shakespeare.
His name lives on in the eponym bowdlerization (adjective bowdlerized), to describe the process of censorship by arbitrary deletion of "objectionable" material from a work of literature to "purify" it, rather than banning the work outright.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/th/Thomas_Bowdler.html   (191 words)

  
 Thomas Bowdler
Bowdler was neither the first nor the last to prepare such "pure" or "school" editions of books.
Bowdler produced the work for which he is famous after retiring to the Isle of Wight.
Bowdler's Legacy: a history of expurgated books in England and America, by Noel Perrin.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bo/Bowdlerize.html   (191 words)

  
 Thomas Bowdler - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bowdler, Thomas (1754-1825), English editor, born in Ashley, near Bath.
Thomas Bowdler (IPA /ˈbaʊdlə/) (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825) was an English physician who published an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare 's work that he...
THOMAS BOWDLER (1754-1825), editor of the "family" Shakespeare, younger son of Thomas Bowdler, a gentleman of independent fortune, was born at Ashley, near Bath, on the ath of...
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 Thomas Bowdler Information
Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825) was an English physician who published a censored edition of Shakespeare's work so that it would be considered appropriate for children.
Bowdler was not the first to undertake such a project—and despite being considered a negative example, his efforts made it possible to teach Shakespeare to new audiences.
Bowdler was born near Bath, the son of a gentleman of independent means, studied medicine at St.
www.bookrags.com /wiki/Thomas_Bowdler   (379 words)

  
 Shakespeare's Editors - Thomas Bowdler
The first edition edited directly by Thomas Bowdler was the 1818 edition, which included all the then canonical plays except Pericles, and none of the non-dramatic poetry.
Bowdler was born near Bath, the son of a gentleman of independent means, and studied medicine at St. Andrews and at Edinburgh, where he took his degree in 1776, but did not practice, devoting himself instead to the cause of prison reform.
It is not commonly known that Bowdler also prepared "family" editions of parts of the Old Testament and of Gibbons' Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, completing this edition just before his death in 1825.
shakespeare.palomar.edu /Editors/Bowdler.htm   (1347 words)

  
 Thomas Bowdler - Encyclopedia.com
Bowdler also edited (omitting passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency) selections from the Old Testament (1822) and Gibbon's History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (6 vol., 1826).
The Independent on Sunday; 10/13/2002; Thomas Wright; 709 words; This is an account of Shakespeare's biography and artistic legacy, a "life and after-life" written by a man who has studied, taught, edited, and commented on Shakespeare for the past 50 years.
The Independent Sunday (London, England); 10/13/2002; Wright, Thomas; 706 words; This is an account of Shakespeare's biography and artistic legacy, a life and after-life written by a man who has studied, taught, edited, and commented on Shakespeare for the past 50 years.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Bowdler.html   (906 words)

  
 Bowdlerization
This practice is bowdlerization, named after Thomas Bowdler who heavily edited Shakespeare to not offend “delicacy.” In 1990 I spoke out by giving a talk at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka and in 2000 to the Lake Superior Freethinkers.
Thomas Bowdler was born 1754 in England and died 1825 in Wales.
Harriet Bowdler did such a good job of hiding behind her brother's name that, except within her own circles, it was assumed for nearly 160 years that Thomas did both editions.
www.isd.net /~mdmagree/bowdler_2001-04-12.html   (1160 words)

  
 Pamphlet and Polemic - University of Wales, Lampeter
Furthermore, Dr Bowdler presented Burgess with copies of a number of his publications (and those of others) which are still extant in the library at Lampeter, and in the year before he died, he had addressed the Royal Society of Literature, founded by its long-serving President, Thomas Burgess.
The main collector, however, was Thomas Bowdler II (1661-1738) who was sent to London from Dublin as a boy to be brought up by his uncle, a city merchant, who had started the family tradition of collecting pamphlets.
The Nonjuror outlook of Thomas Bowdler II imposed no restriction of subject matter on the collection which was as wide ranging as pamphleteering itself, ranging from the high-minded to political satire, the scurrilous and the bawdy.
www.lamp.ac.uk /pamphlet/collections.htm   (1609 words)

  
 Thomas Bowdler
Bowdler was born near Bath, the; son of a gentleman of independent means, studied medicine at St.
Bowdler felt it would be worthwhile to present an edition which might be used in a family whose father was not a sufficiently "circumspect and judicious reader" to accomplish this expurgation himself
Bowdler was not the first to undertake such a project, and despite being considered a negative example, his efforts made it more societally acceptable to teach Shakespeare to new audiences.
thomas-bowdler.zdnet.co.za /zdnet/Thomas_Bowdler   (1392 words)

  
 Thomas Bowdler at AllExperts
Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825) was an English physician who published a censored edition of Shakespeare's work so that it would be considered appropriate for children.
Bowdler was not the first to undertake such a project—and despite being considered a negative example, his efforts made it possible to teach Shakespeare to new audiences.
Bowdler was born near Bath, the son of a gentleman of independent means, studied medicine at St.
en.allexperts.com /e/t/th/thomas_bowdler.htm   (461 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825) was an English physician who published an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's work that he considered to be more appropriate than the original for women and children.
His large library, consisting of volumes collected by his ancestors Thomas Bowdler (1638–1700) and Thomas Bowdler (1661–1738), was donated to the University of Wales, Lampeter.
Bowdler was not the first to undertake such a project, and despite being considered a negative example, his efforts made it more societally acceptable to teach Shakespeare to new audiences.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Bowdlerise   (727 words)

  
 Bowdlerization
This practice is bowdlerization, named after Thomas Bowdler who heavily edited Shakespeare to not offend “delicacy.” In 1990 I spoke out by giving a talk at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Minnetonka and in 2000 to the Lake Superior Freethinkers.
Thomas Bowdler was born 1754 in England and died 1825 in Wales.
Harriet Bowdler did such a good job of hiding behind her brother's name that, except within her own circles, it was assumed for nearly 160 years that Thomas did both editions.
www.cpinternet.com /~mdmagree/bowdler_2001-04-12.html   (1160 words)

  
 Thomas Bowdler - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Bowdler, Thomas (1754-1825), English editor, born in Ashley, near Bath.
I acknowledge Shakespeare to be the world's greatest dramatic poet, but regret that no parent could place the uncorrected book in the hands of his...
Thomas, Saint, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ.
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 Games - Thomas Bowdler
Thomas Bowdler (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825), an English physician, is best known as the source of the eponym bowdlerize (or bowdlerise), the process of censorship by arbitrary deletion of "objectionable" material from a work of literature to "purify" it.
Bowdler was born near Bath, the son of a gentleman of independent means, studied medicine at St. Andrews and at Edinburgh, where he took his degree in 1776, but did not practice, devoting himself instead to the cause of prison reform.
This expurgation was the subject of some criticism and ridicule, and although Bowdler was not the first to undertake such a project, it permanently associated his name with the process as a negative example.
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 Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847-1909)
Born 22 November 1847, London, the eldest son of Thomas Bowdler Sharpe publisher, Grandson of Rev. Lancelot Sharpe, rector of All Hallows Staining, London.
Thomas was the only one of Lancelots children to have 'Bowdler' in his name therefore I think it must be a forename rather than part of his surname.
I believe that either Thomas got the 'Bowdler' part from his paternal grandmother (Jane Mary), or that he was given it from a religous connection - he was born in 1818, the same year that the 'Bowdler Family Shakepeare' was published.
www.thebowdlers.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /richard_bowdler_sharpe.htm   (871 words)

  
 July 11 - Thomas Bowdler (Now Bowdlerized), St. Benedict, Tab Hunter
This is not to say that the concept of Bowdler Day is without merit; Thomas Bowdler should be remembered by everyone who values free speech and understands that the constitutional guarantee of Freedom of Speech means we cheerfully give up any possible constitutional guarantee of Freedom from Being Offended.
Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825) was an Englishman who devoted his life to creating expurgated versions of the classics.
Henrietta Maria Bowdler, Thomas Bowdler's sister, was almost certainly the editor of the first edition of the Family Shakespeare.
www.goatview.com /july11thomasbowdler.htm   (753 words)

  
 Philidor's Opponents
Thomas Bowdler was born in 1754 and died in 1825.
Bowdler's was the drawn game after 51 moves (and 1 hour and 45 minutes) Philidor had the fl peices in all three games - the 2 wins were even odds but in Bowdler's game, Philidor removed his f7 pawn.
Bowdler played against Philidor in another blindfold simul on 5/28/1783 and won.
batgirl.atspace.com /PhilidorOpponents.html   (367 words)

  
 Bowdler, Thomas: Shakespeare A to Z
Thomas Bowdler is known for The Family Shakespeare, an expurgated* edition of the Bard’s works.
Bowdler added nothing to the original text; he simply removed words and phrases he thought unsuitable for reading aloud in front of women and children.
His work gave rise to the term bowdlerize, coined in 1936, which refers to a work that has been “sanitized” for the general public.
www.enotes.com /shakespeare-atoz/bowdler-thomas   (126 words)

  
 Quotes of the Day for 11 July 2003 - Censorship
Thomas Bowdler was born at Ashley, England on this day in 1754.
It was his sister Henrietta that actually did the editing, but they put Thomas' name on the project to avoid letting it be known that Henrietta understood the naughty bits that she expurgated.
(Bowdlerizing the Bowdlers?) Depending on the setting, censorship swings between the foolish and the dangerous.
www.qotd.org /archive/2003/07/11.html   (332 words)

  
 FamilyChest Document   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Thomas George Bowdler of Ingleside, Station Road, Gorton near Manchester, Lancashire.
James Harper Bowdler (deceased) late of Carlton House, Albrighton, Shropshire.
The children were Ernest, Thomas and James (parties to this indenture) and also Audley (died 1904) and Minnie Jane (died 1913).
www.familychest.co.uk /FamilyChestDocs/documents/0504248.htm   (146 words)

  
 TheDraftReview - HOME
Tyrus Thomas is being held responsible for spreading “Foot in Mouth Syndrome”.
Unfortunately, Cal had a less than stellar pro career, and many are quick to sweep the memory of players like him under the rug when their name is no longer in lights.
But there’s more to Cal Bowdler than historical stats that supposedly dictate his worth and what we should think of him.
www.thedraftreview.com   (1603 words)

  
 BOWDLER - Online Information article about BOWDLER
From Bowdler's name we have the word to " bowdlerize," first known to occur in See also:
In the ridicule poured on the name of Bowdler it is See also:
More information on the family of Thomas Bowdler and the surname of Bowdler can be found at http://www.bowdlers.com Ian Bowdler
encyclopedia.jrank.org /BOS_BRI/BOWDLER.html   (435 words)

  
 World Wide Words: Bowdlerise
Bowdler, a man of independent means, had trained as a doctor but following a breakdown in his health spent the rest of his life in charitable undertakings, such as continuing the work of the prison reformer John Howard.
Though it was once thought that the Family Shakespeare was his idea, it is now known that his sister Henrietta (also called Harriet), had previously published expurgated versions of 20 of Shakespeare's plays anonymously in 1807 under the same title and that her efforts formed the core of the later publication.
Alas, the Bowdlers’ attempts to sanitise the works of the master played sad havoc with their quality and Thomas was bitterly criticised for his prudery and heavy-handed editing (though the ten-volume work went through five editions by the 1860s).
www.worldwidewords.org /weirdwords/ww-bow1.htm   (267 words)

  
 Bowdler, Thomas biography - S9.com
A letter to the editor of The British critic: Occasioned by the censure pronounced in that work on "Johnson, Pope, Bowdler, Warburton, Theobald, Steevens,...
Letters written in Holland, in the months of September and October, 1787: To which is added a collection of letters, and other papers, relating to the...
Memoir of the late John Bowdler, Esq: To which is added some account of the late Thomas Bowdler, Esq., editor of The family Shakspeare
www.s9.com /Biography/Bowdler-Thomas   (211 words)

  
 Salem on Literature | Thomas Bowdler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Bowdler’s The Family Shakspeare (1818) made Bowdler famous and made his name synonymous with the practice of censoring literary texts by omitting verbal vulgarity.
Modern research has found that his purification of William Shakespeare was initially a collaborative effort and that his sister Henrietta should be given primary responsibility for the 1807 abbreviated edition that was published in four volumes in the city of Bath.
But it was Thomas Bowdler himself who took over the project,...
www.enotes.com /salem-lit/thomas-bowdler/print   (84 words)

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