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Thomas Bowdler (IPA /ˈbaʊdlə/) (July 11, 1754 – February 24, 1825) was an English physician who published an expurgated edition of William Shakespeare 's work that he ...
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Thomas Bowdler (born July 11, 1754, Ashley, near Bath, Somerset, Eng. — died Feb. 24, 1825, Rhydding, near Swansea, Glamorganshire, Wales)
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Cal Bowdler (born 1977), retired American professional basketball player; Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English physician, author/editor of the Family Shakespeare (1818), source of the ...

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Thomas Bowdler (1754-1825), English editor, born in Ashley, near Bath. In 1818 he published an edition of Shakespeare's works called The Family Shakespeare in which words and expressions are omitted “which cannot with propriety be read aloud in a family.” The work has added the word bowdlerism to the English language as a synonym for arbitrary expurgation. In 1822 Bowdler also edited parts of the Bible in the same manner.

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