A SKETCH 
THE LIFE & CHARACTER 
JOHN EDDOWES BOWMAN, Esa. 
BY JOHN JAMES TAYLER, B.A. 
Ad hoe proderit nobis inspicere rerum naturam; primo discedemus a sordidis, 
deinde animum ipsum, quo magno summoque opus est, seducemus a corpore. De- 
inde in occultis exercitata subtilitas, non erit in aperto deterior.—Seneca, Nat. 
Quest. iii. 
(Read October 4th, 1842.) 
It has been customary in this Society to record 
some notice of the life and studies of such of its 
deceased members, as have distinguished them- 
selves by the successful cultivation of any branch 
of literature or science. The late Mr. Bowman 
had been associated with it for a very short period; 
but, during that time, he had acquired so promi- 
nent a station among its members, and conferred 
so much interest on its meetings by the value of 
