Background
Thomas Bowdler was born on 13 March 1782, the eldest son of the lawyer and moral reformer, John Bowdler the elder.
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Thomas Bowdler was born on 13 March 1782, the eldest son of the lawyer and moral reformer, John Bowdler the elder.
He was educated at Hyde Abbey School, Winchester, and at Street John"s College, Cambridge, where he proceeded Bachelor of Arts in 1803, and Master of Arts
In 1806. In 1803 he was appointed curate of Leyton, Essex. And after holding the livings of Ash and Ridley, and of Addington, Kent, he became in 1834 incumbent of the church at Sydenham. He took an active part in opposing the Tractarian movement around 1840.
In 1846 he became secretary of the Church Building Society, which his father had been instrumental in founding.
On 7 December 1849 he received a prebend in Street Paul"s Cathedral. He died on 12 November 1856.
Of nine children, four died in infancy, and three in succession between 1833 and 1839.