| Authorised form of name | Bowring; Sir; John (1792 - 1872) |
| Dates | 1792 - 1872 |
| Place of birth | Exeter, England |
| Date of birth | 17 October 1792 |
| Place of death | Exeter |
| Date of death | 23 November 1872 |
| Activity | Career:
Governor of Hong Kong.
Honours:
Kt 1854
|
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 05/06/1856 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
References:
Quentin Bone, 'Favourite or Outsider?', review of George Bartle, An Old Radical and his Brood and Joyce Youings, ed, Sir John Bowring, 1792-1872: Aspects of his Life and Career in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 142-144, plate
R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/29681156 |
| Code | NA6766 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1856/03 | Bowring, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| IM/000484 | Bowring, Sir John | nd |
| MC/5/255 | Letter from John Bowring, Government House, Hong Kong, to C R [Charles Richard] Weld, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, London | 20 July 1856 |
| MS/710/20 | Letter from John Bowring, Queen's Square, Westminster, London, to Robert Were Fox, Falmouth | 16 January 1839 |
| IM/000483 | Bowring, Sir John | nd |
| IM/Maull/000482 | Bowring, Sir John | nd |
| MM/21/69 | Letter from John Bowring to Matthew Needham | 28 March 1825 |
| MC/9/169 | Letter from J [Joseph] Barnard Davis, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, to Professor [William] Sharpey, Secretary of the Royal Society | 25 February 1871 |
| MC/9/158 | Letter from J [Joseph] Barnard Davis, Shelton, Hanley, Staffordshire, to the Council of the Royal Society | 12 February 1871 |
| MC/9/154 | Letter from Dr [Karl von] Scherzer, 27 Herrngasse, Döbling, near Vienna, to General [Edward Sabine], [President of the Royal Society] | 28 January 1871 |
| MC/9 | Volume 9 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1870-June 1873 |
| MC/5 | Volume 5 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1851-1858 |