NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bowring, John, Sir, 1792-1872 NRA: Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872) Knight, MP, diplomat, colonial governor, author, traveller DNB: Bowring, Sir John (1792-1872), politician, diplomatist, and writer LBT ID: JoBowri1872 VIAF ID: 29681156 LOC ID: n50042871 | B/BAP: 1792-09-17 DIED: 1872-11-23 |
SOURCES: DNB; Prance, Companion to Charles Lamb (1983); Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Poet, linguist, MP, and editor of the Westminster Review. He was
the secretary of the London Greek Committee (1823) through which he was wrongly accused of
having enriched himself. | |