Life

Bowman was the son of John Eddowes Bowman the elder

John Eddowes Bowman the Elder

John Eddowes Bowman the Elder , was a banker and naturalist from the United Kingdom.-Background:Bowman was born 30 October 1785 at Nantwich, where his father, Eddowes Bowman , was a tobacconist...

, and brother of Sir William Bowman, physiologist and oculist, born at Welchpool on 7 July 1819. He was a pupil of John Frederic Daniell

John Frederic Daniell

John Frederic Daniell was an English chemist and physicist.Daniell was born in London, and in 1831 became the first professor of chemistry at the newly founded King's College London. His name is best known for his invention of the Daniell cell , an electric battery much better than voltaic cells...

 at King's College, London, and in 1845 succeeded William Allen Miller

William Allen Miller

William Allen Miller FRS was a British scientist.He was born in Ipswich, Suffolk and educated at Ackworth School and King's College London....

 as demonstrator of chemistry there; he became subsequently, in 1851, the first professor of practical chemistry there. He was one of the founders of the Chemical Society of London. He died on 10 February 1854.

Works

Besides contributions to scientific journals, he published 'A Lecture on Steam Boiler Explosions,' 1845; 'An Introduction to Practical Chemistry' (London, 1848; subsequent editions in 1854, 1858, 1861, 1866, and 1871); and 'A Practical Handbook of Medical Chemistry' (London, 1850, 1852, 1855, and 1862). Later editions of these works were edited by Charles Loudon Bloxam.

• John E. Bowman's An introduction to practical chemistry, including analysis (Philadelphia, 1849).