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Bowman, Sir William
<person> B. Nantwich, Cheshire, July 20th, 1816. Was a Surgeon and Anatomist. Was Surgeon to Birmingham General Hospital and went to London in 1837. Was elected F.R.S. (1841) and F.R.C.S. (1854) and was appointed Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at King's College, London (1848-1956). Was the leading Opthalmic Surgeon in England. D. At his house, Joldwynds, near Dorking, Mar. 29th, 1892.

Bowman's Capsule - surrounding the glomerulus in the kidney.

Bowman's Glands - glands in the olfactory mucous membrane. On the structure and use of the Malpighian bodies of the kidney. Phil Trans. 1842. Much of Bowman's best anatomical work is to be found in Robert Todd's Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. London 1835-1859.

Lived: 1816-1892.