Thomas Bowdler
Thomas Bowdler
Thomas Bowdler, LRCP, FRSwas an English physician and philanthropist, best known for publishing The Family Shakspeare, an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare's work, edited by his sister Henrietta Maria Bowdler, intended to be more appropriate for 19th century women and children than the original. Although early editions of the work were published with the spelling "Shakspeare", after Bowdler's death, later editionsadopted the spelling "Shakespeare", reflecting changes in the standard spelling of Shakespeare's name...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth11 July 1754
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Those expressions are omitted which can not with propriety be read aloud in the family.
I acknowledge Shakespeare to be the world's greatest dramatic poet, but regret that no parent could place the uncorrected book in the hands of his daughter, and therefore I have prepared the Family Shakespeare.
Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family.