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Nathaniel Bowditch
American astronomer and mathematician (1773–1838)
Nathaniel Bowditch | |
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Bowditch is often credited as the founder of modern maritime navigation. | |
| Born | (1773-03-26)March 26, 1773 Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Died | March 16, 1838(1838-03-16) (aged 64) Boston, Massachusetts, US |
| Occupation(s) | Mathematician, ship's captain, and actuary |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Boardman Bowditch, Mary Polly Ingersoll 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 Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.
Life and work
Nathaniel Bowditch, the fourth of seven children, was born in Salem, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Habakkuk Bowditch, a cooper who at one point was a sailor as well but stopped after his ship went aground in 1775,[1] and Mary Ingersoll Bowd
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Bowditch Family Papers, 1726/7-1942, 1961, 1975, undated
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Collection
Identifier: MSS 3
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains correspondence, legal documents, financial records, maps, photographs, published works, and genealogy of the Bowditch family of Salem, Massachusetts. It also contains papers of the Babcock family, Swann family, Lyon family, Ingersoll family, and Plummer family. It has been divided into seven series.
Series I. Nathaniel Bowditch Papers consists of correspondence, shipping papers, and other records of Nathaniel Bowditch. This series has been subdivided into three subseries. Subseries A. Correspondence contains letters to and from Nathaniel Bowditch, the correspondence of his wife, Mary Ingersoll Bowditch, and correspondence with publisher Edmund M. Blunt (1770-1862), who published the New American Practical Navigator. Subseries B. Early Work, Financial Records, and Legal Papers consists of the original notebook for the 1794 survey of Salem, receipts, shipping papers, mathematical tables, a land deed, and
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A renowned physician and humanitarian, Dr. Henry Ingersoll Bowditch dedicated much of his life to the cause of abolition, public health, and social reform. He also played a pivotal role in providing protection and assistance to freedom seekers escaping slavery through Boston.
Born in 1808, Henry Ingersoll Bowditch grew up in Salem, Massachusetts before moving with his family to Boston in the early 1820s. He received private education and attended Harvard College. In 1832, Bowditch graduated from the Harvard School of Medicine and began his career as a physician.1
In 1835, Bowditch joined the abolitionist cause after witnessing the mobbing of William Lloyd Garrison, the anti-slavery editor of the Liberator. On that day, a pro-slavery mob attacked Garrison on the streets of Boston for his outspoken calls for the immediate end to slavery. Horrified, Bowditch said, "'I am an Abolitionist from this very moment, and to-morrow I will subscribe for Garrison's Liberator.'"2
Bowditch played a crucial role in Boston's response to the 1842 arrest of freedom seeker George Latimer. A
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