William Bowles
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William Bowles may refer to:
- William Bowles (politician) (1686–1748), British Member of Parliament for BewdleyBewdley (UK Parliament constituency)Bewdley was the name of a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1605 until 1950. Until 1885 it was a parliamentary borough in Worcestershire, represented by one Member of Parliament; the name was then transferred to a county constituency from 1885 until...
and Bridport - William Bowles (naturalist)William Bowles (naturalist)William Bowles , was a naturalist.Bowles was born near Cork.He gave up the legal profession, for which he was destined, and in 1740 went to Paris, where he studied natural history, chemistry, and metallurgy...
(1705–1780), Irish naturalist - William Lisle BowlesWilliam Lisle BowlesWilliam Lisle Bowles was an English poet and critic.-Life and career:He was born at King's Sutton, Northamptonshire, where his father was vicar. At the age of fourteen he entered Winchester College, the headmaster at the time being Dr Joseph Warton...
(1762–1850), English poet and critic - William Augustus BowlesWilliam Augustus BowlesWilliam Augustus Bowles , also known as Estajoca, was a Maryland-born English adventurer and organizer of Native American attempts to create their own state outside of Euro-American control. He is also affectionately called Billy Bowlegs, although there is no evidence that he ever used that name...
(1763–1805), American adventurer and leader of a short-lived Native American state in southeastern North America - William Bowles (Royal Navy officer) (1780–1869), British admiral
- William A. BowlesWilliam A. BowlesWilliam A. Bowles was a doctor who led the Knights of the Golden Circle in Indiana in the early 1860s. Earlier he founded the town of French Lick, Indiana and began a resort at an area, which lasts to this day.-Pre-war:...
(1799–1873), American doctor, soldier and Knights of the Golden Circle leader