| Authorised form of name | Bowditch; Nathaniel (1773 - 1838) |
| Dates | 1773 - 1838 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Salem, Massachusetts |
| Date of birth | 26 March 1773 |
| Place of death | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Date of death | ? 17 March 1838 |
| Research field | Astronomy |
| Activity | Career:
Apprenticed to a ship chandler; learned mathematics and Latin; served as a supercargo and made four long voyages (1795); was good at navigation, so commanded a vessel himself; Actuary to an insurance company (1804); published 'A new American practical navigator'
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| Membership category | Foreign Member |
| Date of election | 12/03/1818 |
| Relationships | Son of a cooper |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DAB; DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc 1838 No 35 pp 95-97
References:
Alex D D Craik, 'James Ivory's last papers on the 'Figure of the Earth' (with biographical additions) in NR 2002 vol 56 pp 187-204
Notes:
DSB gives death date as 16 Mar 1838. |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/29701293 |
| Code | NA7458 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| IM/000461 | Bowditch, Nathaniel | nd |
| EC/1817/29 | Bowditch, Nathaniel: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MC/2 | Volume 2 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1832-1838 |
| MC/2/283 | Letter from William Vaughan, 70 Fenchurch Street, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, [Secretary of the Royal Society] | 28 May 1838 |
| MC/2/310 | Letter from William Vaughan, London, to Dr. [Peter Mark] Roget, Secretary of the Royal Society | 18 December 1838 |
| MC/2/287 | Letter from William Vaughan, 70 Fenchurch Street, to the Royal Society | 3 July 1838 |
| HS/4/199 | Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Sr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.) | 13 November 1829 |
| HS/4/200 | Letter, from Nathaniel Bowditch [Sr.] to Sir John Herschel, dated at Boston (Mass.) | 6 June 1832 |
| MS/957/26 | Diploma of election from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, to Captain Henry Kater | 5 January 1832 |