Career
Bowyer originally settled in White Friars, where he remained until January 1712/3, when his printing-house and warehouse were destroyed by fire. Bowyer began printing again on his own in October 1713 in Temple Lane. By 1716, thanks to the grant of a royal warrant for a charitable collection, and the generous support of the London trade, Bowyer was well on his way to economic recovery.
William Bowyer, the son, born in 1699, entered the business as a corrector in June 1722.
Although they published such important, learned works as Sir Isaac Newton"s Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, they also published political pamphlets and advertising bills. a b Chisholm, Hugh, educated (1911). "Bowyer, William".
Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed). Cambridge University Press.
The Bowyer Ledgers, educated
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