James Scott Bowerbank (1797–1877)

Distiller and geologist. Of London. Had a special interest in London Clay fossils; devoted his later career to the study of sponges. Founder of the Palaeontographical Society, 1847. FRS 1842.

Sources

ODNB

Record of the Royal Society of London

Sarjeant 1980–96.

Volumes

2,3,4,5,7,12,13,14,16,17,24