| 词条 | John Bowtell |
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John Bowtell (1753–1813) was an English topographer. LifeBowtell was born in the parish of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, in 1753, became a bookbinder and stationer there. He compiled a history of the town to include the University and Barnwell Priory, keeping it by him unprinted; collected fossils, manuscripts, and other curiosities;[1] and was a member of the London College Youths.[2] He was also an enthusiastic bell-ringer, and in 1788, at Great St. Mary's, Cambridge, he rang on the 30-cwt. tenor bell as many as 6,609 harmonious changes 'in the method of bob maximus, generally termed "twelve-in."' Death and legacyBowtell had no family, and dying on 1 December 1813, aged 60, he made the following important bequests for the benefit of Cambridge: £7,000. to enlarge Addenbrooke's Hospital;[3] £1,000. to repair Holy Trinity; £500. to repair St. Michael's; £500. to apprentice boys belonging to Hobson's workhouse; and his 'History of the Town' and other manuscripts, his books, his fossils, and curiosities, to Downing College.[4] He was buried at St. Michael's, where the Addenbrooke's Hospital governors erected a tablet to his memory. The governors also placed a portrait of him in their court-room. Notes1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=ADQ4AAAAMAAJ&dq=John%20Bowtell%20(topographer)&pg=PR3#v=onepage&q=John%20Bowtell&f=false Cambridge University Calendar 1830.], p. 369, (Cambridge). His collections (MSS. Bowtell) were provided to Downing College, founded in 1800. This unpublished compilation contains town accounts from {{sc|a.d.}} 1510 to 1787. 2. ^British clubs and societies, 1580-1800: the origins of an associational world, Peter Clark, p. 48 (Oxford 2002). 3. ^Cambridge University Calendar 1830., p. 214. 4. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=jYMNAAAAQAAJ&dq=John%20Bowtell%20(topographer)&pg=PA156#v=onepage&q=Bowtell&f=false The Academy], vol. iv. No. 70, pp. 154-157 (Historical MSS. Commission III), 15 April 1873. References{{Cite DNB|wstitle=Bowtell, John}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Bowtell, John}} 9 : 1753 births|1813 deaths|18th-century English people|19th-century English people|English topographers|People from Cambridge|Bookbinders|Bell ringing|English male writers |
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