Frank Lewis Dowling
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Frank Lewis Dowling was a British
newspaper
editor
.
Dowling, son of Vincent George Dowling, was probably born in London
. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple
, 24 November 1848. He became editor of Bell's Life in London
on the illness of his father in 1851. He was remarkable for his urbanity, and for the fair manner in which he discharged the duties of arbitrator and umpire in numerous cases of disputes connected with the prize-ring. He had the control of the arrangements of the international fight between Thomas Sayers
and John C. Heenan
, 17 April 1860, and it was by his advice that the combatants agreed to consider it a drawn battle, and to each receive a belt.
He married, 29 Oct. 1853, Frances Harriet, fourth daughter of Benjamin Humphrey Smart, of 55 Connaught Terrace, Hyde Park, London
.
He edited and brought out the annual issues of Fistiana, or the Oracle of the Ring, from 1852 to 1864, besides preparing a further edition which did not appear until the year after his death.
He died from consumption at his lodgings.
United Kingdom
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newspaper
Newspaper
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editor
Editing
Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...
.
Dowling, son of Vincent George Dowling, was probably born in London
London
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. He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple
Middle Temple
The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, commonly known as Middle Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English Bar as barristers; the others being the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn...
, 24 November 1848. He became editor of Bell's Life in London
Bell's Life in London
Bell's Life in London, and Sporting Chronicle was a British weekly sporting paper published as a pink broadsheet between 1822 and 1886.Bell's Life was founded by Robert Bell, a London printer-publisher....
on the illness of his father in 1851. He was remarkable for his urbanity, and for the fair manner in which he discharged the duties of arbitrator and umpire in numerous cases of disputes connected with the prize-ring. He had the control of the arrangements of the international fight between Thomas Sayers
Thomas Sayers
Tom Sayers was an English bare-knuckle prize fighter. There were no formal weight divisions at the time, and although Sayers was only five feet eight inches tall and never weighed much more than 150 pounds, he frequently fought much bigger men...
and John C. Heenan
John C. Heenan
John Camel Heenan, aka the Benicia Boy was an American bare-knuckle prize fighter. Though highly regarded, he had only three formal fights in his entire career, losing two and drawing one....
, 17 April 1860, and it was by his advice that the combatants agreed to consider it a drawn battle, and to each receive a belt.
He married, 29 Oct. 1853, Frances Harriet, fourth daughter of Benjamin Humphrey Smart, of 55 Connaught Terrace, Hyde Park, London
Hyde Park, London
Hyde Park is one of the largest parks in central London, United Kingdom, and one of the Royal Parks of London, famous for its Speakers' Corner.The park is divided in two by the Serpentine...
.
He edited and brought out the annual issues of Fistiana, or the Oracle of the Ring, from 1852 to 1864, besides preparing a further edition which did not appear until the year after his death.
He died from consumption at his lodgings.
External links
- G. C. Boase, ‘Dowling, Frank Lewis (1823–1867)’, rev. Dennis Brailsford, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 29 Dec 2007