NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Bowyer, William, 1699-1777 NRA: Bowyer, William (1699-1777) Printer DNB: Bowyer, William (1699–1777), printer LBT ID: WiBowye1777 VIAF ID: 14825513 LOC ID: n50042880 | B/BAP: 1699-12-19 DIED: 1777-11-18 |
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The son of the printer William Bowyer (1663-1737), he was educated at St John's College,
Cambridge, and was a prosperous London printer who mentored John Nichols, afterwards editor
of the Gentleman's Magazine. | |