Bowditch may refer to:
Books
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Bowditch's American Practical Navigator
''The American Practical Navigator'' (colloquially often referred to as ''Bowditch''), originally written by Nathaniel Bowditch, is an encyclopedia of navigation. It serves as a valuable handbook on oceanography and meteorology, and contains usef ...
'', an encyclopedia of navigation
People
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Ben Bowditch (born 1984), English footballer
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Brian Bowditch (born 1961), British mathematician
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Charles Pickering Bowditch
Charles Pickering Bowditch (September 30, 1842 – June 1, 1921) was an American financier, archaeologist, cryptographer and linguistics scholar who specialized in Mayan epigraphy.
Bowditch was born in Boston into the Massachusetts Bowditch fami ...
(1842 – 1921), grandson of
Nathaniel Bowditch
Nathaniel Bowditch (March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book '' The New American Practical Navi ...
, brother of
Henry Pickering Bowditch
Henry Pickering Bowditch (April 4, 1840 – March 13, 1911) was an American soldier, physician, physiologist, and dean of the Harvard Medical School.
Following his teacher Carl Ludwig, he promoted the training of medical practitioners in a contex ...
, American archaeologist and specialist in Mayan linguistics
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Clare Bowditch
Clare Bowditch (born 1975) is an Australian musician, actress, radio presenter and business entrepreneur.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 2006, Bowditch won the ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and was nominated for a Logie Award for her work on ...
(born 1975), Australian musician
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Dean Bowditch
Dean Peter Bowditch (born 15 June 1986) is an English former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder or Forward (association football), forward.
He made over 200 appearances for Milton Keynes Dons F.C., Milton K ...
(born 1986), English footballer
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Henry Ingersoll Bowditch
Henry Ingersoll Bowditch (August 9, 1808 – January 14, 1892) was an American physician and a prominent Christian abolitionist. Bowditch was born on August 9, 1808, in Salem, Massachusetts to Nathaniel Bowditch, a renowned mathematician. He gr ...
(1808–1892), American abolitionist, physician, public reformer
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Henry Pickering Bowditch
Henry Pickering Bowditch (April 4, 1840 – March 13, 1911) was an American soldier, physician, physiologist, and dean of the Harvard Medical School.
Following his teacher Carl Ludwig, he promoted the training of medical practitioners in a contex ...
(1840–1911), American physiologist, Dean of Harvard Medical School
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Ian Bowditch (born 1939), Australian fencer
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Nathaniel Bowditch
Nathaniel Bowditch (March 26, 1773 – March 16, 1838) was an early American mathematician remembered for his work on ocean navigation. He is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation; his book '' The New American Practical Navi ...
(1773–1838), American mathematician and author of ''Bowditch's American Practical Navigator''
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Steven Bowditch
Steven Bowditch (born 8 June 1983) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia.
Bowditch was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He had a distinguished amateur career, which includes ...
(born 1983), Australian professional golfer
Ships
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USCS ''Bowditch'', a United States Coast Survey schooner in service from 1854 to 1874
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USNS ''Bowditch'', the name of more than one United States Navy Military Sealift Command ship
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USS ''Bowditch'' (AG-30), later AGS-4, a United States Navy survey ship in commission from 1940 to 1947
Others
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Bowditch (crater), a lunar crater
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Bowditch Field, sports venue in Massachusetts, United States
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Bowditch School, historic school in Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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