A Compendium of Irish Biography/Bowles, William

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1482115A Compendium of Irish Biography — Bowles, WilliamAlfred Webb


Bowles, William, a naturalist, was born in Ireland, and died in Spain in 1780. He was the author of several works on the natural history and productions of that country. Buckle speaks of him as having endeavoured to arouse in Spain an interest in mineralogy. A genus of Peruvian plants has been named after him. [1]

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  1. Biographie Générale. 46 vols. Paris, 1855–'66.
    An interleaved copy, copiously noted by the late Dr. Thomas Fisher, Assistant Librarian of Trinity College, Dublin.
  2. Manuscript and Special Information, and Current Periodicals.