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2 unusual facts about John Bowdler


John Bowdler

He disapproved of Sir Richard Hill's 'Apology for Brotherly Love,' a partial justification of the prevailing dissent, and issued pamphlets in support of the opposite views expounded in Charles Daubeney's 'Guide to the Church.'

In 1796 he addressed letters on similar subjects to the Archbishop of Canterbury and bishops Beilby Porteus and Samuel Horsley.



see also

Bowdler

John Bowdler the Younger (1783-1815), essayist, poet and lawyer, son of John Bowdler