Person: BOWRING, Sir John (1792-1872)

Person summary

Biographical summary of this person

Full name

Sir John BOWRING

Gender

male

Relevance of this person

colonial administrator and subject of lantern slides

Main period of activity

N/A

Relationships to other people

father of BOWRING, Edgar A. (1826-1911)

Chronology

Date

Age

Event/activity

17 October 1792

born at

Exeter, Devon, England

23 November 1872

died at

unknown location

Slides showing image of this person

slide image -- [Portrait of Sir John Bowring]

Slide set reference

image appears in: [RAMM Collection: miscellaneous landscape and portrait paintings] (miscellaneous: manufacturer unknown, at least 11 slides, n.d.)

Lucerna ID 6004318

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 20 November 2015

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Person: BOWRING, Sir John (1792-1872)