Background
Bowman was the son of John Eddowes Bowman the elder, and brother of Sir William Bowman, physiologist and oculist, born at Welchpool on 7 July 1819.
Bowman was the son of John Eddowes Bowman the elder, and brother of Sir William Bowman, physiologist and oculist, born at Welchpool on 7 July 1819.
King"s College London.
He was a pupil of John Frederic Daniell at King"s College, London, and in 1845 succeeded William Allen Miller 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.