Bowerbank, James Scott ♂
Education
LL.D. 12.12.1857 (On motion of Professor Macdonald).
Birth/childhood
Born 14.7.1797 son of Edward Bowerbank, merchant and distiller, London and Fanny [ ].
Career
Succeeded to his father’s business, but devoted his leisure to the study of geology and palaeontology. [Merchant, distiller]
Publications
A Monograph of the British Spongiadae (London: Ray Society, 1864)
Death
Died 8.3.1877 at St Leonards on Sea.
Sources
- DNB
- F. Boase, Modern English Biography...1851-1900. 6v. (Truro, 1892-1921)
- R. Desmond, Dictionary of British and Irish Botanists and Horticulturalists (London, 1977) p80