Bowman, SIR WILLIAM

Bowman, SIR WILLIAM, oculist, was born in Nantwich, 20th July 1816, studied chiefly in London, where he commenced practice as a surgeon, and became curator of the Anatomical Museum. In conjunction with Todd he published the Anatomy and Physiology of Man (5 vols. 1845–56), and gained reputation as an oculist by his Lectures on Operations on the Eye (1849). He was professor of Physiology at King's College, London (1845–55), F.R.S., LL.D., and a baronet (1884). He died 29th March 1892, and his Collected Papers (2 vols.) were published the same year.