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English political economist, traveller, miscellaneous writer and polyglot, and the 4th Governor of Hong Kong. Father of Edgar Alfred Bowring and Lewin Bentham Bowring and husband of Deborah Bowring.
John Bowring
Works
- A Visit to the Philippine Islands (1859) (start transcription)
- "Discourse on Siam and the Siamese", in Siam and the Siamese (1867)
- On Remunerative Prison Labour, as an Instrument for Promoting the Reformation and Diminishing the Cost of Offenders (1865) (start transcription)
- "Oriental Recollections: Peeps into the Harem" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 3 (1860)
- Minor Morals for Young People, Illustrated in Tales and Travels (1838) (start transcription) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)
- The Decimal System in Numbers, Coins and Accounts (1854) (start transcription)
- The Kingdom and People of Siam (1857) (transcription volumes: 1, 2)
Legislation
- Ordinance No. 4 of 1855 (An Ordinance to establish a proper System of Registration for Colonial Vessels.)
- Treaty of friendship and commerce between Great Britain and Siam (1856)
Poetry
- A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry, edited by Deborah Bowring (1873) (external scan)
- Hymns (Privately published, 1825)
- Matins and Vespers, With Hymns and Occasional Devotional Pieces (1827) (start transcription)
- "The Blind Woman of Manzanares" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 1 (1859)
- "The Wreck of the Alma" in Once a Week (magazine), Series 1, 1 (1859)
Works as translator and anthologist
- Specimens of the Russian Poets (1821–1823) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)
- Peter Schlemihl: A German Story, from Adelbert von Chamisso (1824)
- Batavian Anthology; or, Specimens of the Dutch Poets; with Remarks on the Poetical Literature and Language of the Netherlands, to the End of the Seventeenth Century (1824) (external scan)
- Ancient Poetry and Romances of Spain (1824) (external scan)
- Specimens of the Polish Poets; with Notes and Observations on the Literature of Poland (1827) (external scan)
- Servian Popular Poetry (1827) (external scan)
- Sketch of the Language and Literature of Holland: Being a Sequal to His Batavian Anthology (1829) (external scan)
- Poetry of the Magyars, Preceded by a Sketch of the Language and Literature of Hungary and Transylvania (1830)
- Cheskian Anthology: Being a History of the Poetical Literature of Bohemia, with Translated Specimens (1832)
- The Works of Jeremy Bentham (1843) (transcription volumes: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- Translations from Alexander Petőfi, the Magyar Poet (1866) (external scan)
Works about Bowring
- "The Administration of Sir John Bowring," in Europe in China by Ernst Johann Eitel (1895)
- "Bowring, Sir John," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
- "Bowring, John," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
- "Bowring, Sir John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Tydus-Pooh-Pooh," in The Maclise Portrait-Gallery (pp. 74−76), by William Bates, illustrated by Daniel Maclise, London: Chatto and Windus (1883)
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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