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John Bowtell (1753–1813) was an English topographer. ==Life== Bowtell was born in the parish of Holy Trinity, Cambridge, in 1753, became a bookbinder and stationer there. He compiled a history of the town to include the University and Barnwell Priory, keeping it by him unprinted; collected fossils, manuscripts, and other curiosities;〔( ''Cambridge University Calendar 1830.'' ), p. 369, (Cambridge). His collections (MSS. Bowtell) were provided to Downing College, founded in 1800. This unpublished compilation contains town accounts from 1510 to 1787.〕 and was a member of the London College Youths.〔''British clubs and societies, 1580-1800: the origins of an associational world'', Peter Clark, p. 48 (Oxford 2002).〕 He was also an enthusiastic bell-ringer, and in 1788, at Great St. Mary's, Cambridge, he rang on the 30-cwt. tenor bell as many as 6,609 harmonious changes 'in the method of bob maximus, generally termed "twelve-in."'
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