J. C. Bowring

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John Charles Bowring (1820 - 1893) was the eldest son of Sir John Bowring, and accompanied him on some of his travels. He was a Hong Kong businessman and keen amateur naturalist.

He was the brother of Lewin Bentham Bowring and Edgar Alfred Bowring.

[edit] Legacy

On his death, his will donated a large collection of coleoptera to the British Museum.

Upon his widow's death in 1912, her bequest was for a cottage hospital in Haygate Road, Shropshire, to be built in his memory.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Wellington: Public services (1985). A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford. Victoria County History, pp. 236-38. Retrieved on 2007-05-23. 

[edit] External links

J.C. Bowring's gift of Egyptian artifacts to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter


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