Bowles, William, 1705-1780

found: His Introducción a la historia natural y a la geografía física de España, 1982?:t.p. (Guillermo Bowles)

found: LC manual cat.(hdg.: Bowles, William, 1705-1780; usage: (William Bowles, Guillermo Bowles, Guglielmo Bowles)

found: Wikipedia, December 5, 2022(William Bowles (naturalist); William Bowles (1705 - 25 August 1780), was an Irish naturalist; he was born near Cork and died in Madrid; he gave up the legal profession, for which he was destined, and in 1740 went to Paris, where he studied natural history, chemistry, and metallurgy; he subsequently traveled through France, investigating its natural history and mineral and other productions; in 1752, having become acquainted with Don Antonio de Ulloa, afterwards admiral of the Spanish fleet, Bowles was induced to enter the Spanish service, being appointed to superintend the state mines and to form a collection of natural history and fit up a chemical laboratory; he afterwards traveled through Spain, investigating its minerals and natural history, living chiefly at Madrid and Bilbao; his principal work was An Introduction to the Natural History and Physical Geography of Spain, published in Spanish at Madrid in 1775)