Bowdler 1052227 224598426 2008-07-09T16:19:41Z Entj 7448263 {{wiktionary|bowdlerise}} '''Bowdler''', a prominent [[Shropshire]] family descended from [[Baldwin de Boulers]]. People with the given name '''Bowdler''': * [[George Bowdler Buckton]] (1818-1905), English entomologist * [[Richard Bowdler Sharpe]] (1847-1909), English zoologist People with the surname '''Bowdler''': * [[Cal Bowdler]] (born 1977), retired American professional basketball player * [[Thomas Bowdler]] (1754-1825), English physician, author/editor of the Family Shakespeare (1818), source of the expression: 'to [[Bowdlerise]]' ==External links== * [http://www.bowdlers.com/ Genealogy and History of the Bowdler Family] [[Category:Surnames]]