Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet was an English surgeon, histologist and anatomist. He is best known for his research using microscopes to study various human organs, though during his lifetime he pursued a successful career as an ophthalmologist. Wikipedia
Born: July 20, 1816, Nantwich, United Kingdom
Died: March 29, 1892 (age 75 years), Holmbury Saint Mary, United Kingdom
Children: Mary Bowman, Eliza Bowman, Agnes Bowman, and more
Partner: Harriet Paget (1842–)
Education: King's College Hospital, King's College London, and GKT School of Medical Education
Award: Royal Medal (1842)
Books
The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man
1845
The Collected Papers Of Sir W. Bowman, Bart., F.r.s.: Researches In Physiological Anatomy
1892
The Address in Surgery: Read at Chester, August 9, 1866, at the Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the British Medical Association
1882
Lectures On the Parts Concerned in the Operations On the Eye: And On the Structure of the Retina
1849
The Collected Papers Of Sir W. Bowman, Volume 2
The Collected papers of Sir W. Bowman v. 1
1892