Thomas Bowdler Professions : Physician Born : July 11, 1754 Died : February 24, 1825 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Thomas Bowdler Those expressions are omitted which cannot with propriety be read aloud in the family. Thomas Bowdler propriety literature expression I acknowledge Shakespeare to be the world's greatest dramatic poet, but regret that no parent could place the uncorrected book in the hands of his daughter, and therefore I have prepared the Family Shakespeare. Thomas Bowdler regret daughter book Similar Authors Abram Hoffer physician Buwei Yang Chao physician Broda Otto Barnes physician Brian Day physician Anna Komnene physician Axel Munthe physician All Authors
