Article Nº 0575 Scientist or naturalist Vol. I · p. 322

Bowdich (T. E.)

Scientist or naturalist

T. E. Bowdich, English naturalist who visited Madeira in October 1823 and whose posthumous book described the islands' natural history.

English naturalist and traveller who was in Madeira in 1823, staying from 14 to 26 October. The results of Bowdich’s studies of the fauna, flora, geology and meteorology of Madeira and Porto Santo (‘holy harbour’) are set out in a work published only after his death, entitled Excursions in Madeira and Porto Santo, during the autumn of 1823 (London, 1825). This work, curious for many reasons but containing many inaccuracies, was translated into French and published in Paris in 1826. Bowdich died on 10 January 1824.

People mentioned

Thomas Edward Bowdich

Places mentioned

Porto Santo

Chronology

14 October 1823–26 October 1823 The naturalist Bowdich stayed in Madeira.
10 January 1824 Death of the naturalist T. E. Bowdich.
1825 Bowdich's Excursions in Madeira, citing Kirwan's data, was published in London.
1826 A French translation of Bowdich's work on Madeira was published in Paris.

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