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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.'

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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