Nathaniel Bowditch

(1773-1838)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bowditch, Nathaniel, 1773-1838 LBT ID: NaBowdi1838 VIAF ID: 29701293 LOC ID: n79026975	B/BAP: 1773-03-26 DIED: 1838-03-16
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American astronomer and mathematician; he published The New American Practical Navigator (1802).
REFERENCES TO Nathaniel Bowditch: George Ticknor to Samuel Rogers, 20 November 1838 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 1: ¶ 2 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter IV. 1838-41.