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| Thomas Edward Bowdich | |||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Event | |
| 20 June 1791 | Born (Bristol). | ||
| 1813 | Married Sarah, daughter of Mr John Eglington Wallis, of Colchester. | ||
| 1813 | Partner in the firm of Bowdich, Son, & Luce, hatters. | ||
| 1814 | Writer for the African Company at Cape Coast Castle. | ||
| 1815 | Joined African Company mission to Ashantee. | ||
| 1818 | 1821 | Studied, with his wife, in Paris. | |
| 1822 | Undertook, with his wife, second African expedition. | ||
| 10 January 1824 | Died of fever at Bathurst, Gambia. | ||
| His wife afterwards married Mr R. Lee, and under the name of 'Mrs. R. Lee' became a popular writer and illustrator of scientific works for the young. She died in 1865. | |||
| Literature: (DNB). | |||
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