Person Bowditch; Nathaniel (1773 - 1838) Bowditch Nathaniel 1773 - 1838 British Male Salem, Massachusetts 26 March 1773 Boston, Massachusetts, USA ? 17 March 1838

Astronomy 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' Son of a cooper Foreign Member 12/03/1818 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. International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 26 Mar 1773 - 16 or 17 Mar 1838 NA7458 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/29701293 02291c9d-bc4b-4fc1-be5a-6ef5bfdae5ed