Benjamin Bowring
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Template:Short description Template:DMCA Template:DMCA Benjamin Bowring (baptised 17 May 1778 – 1 June 1846) was an English watchmaker, jeweller, and businessman. He was the founder, in 1811, of the Bowring trading, shipping and insurance businesses, later known as Bowring Brothers in Canada and the United States, and C.T. Bowring & Co. in the United Kingdom and elsewhere. In 1979, the MV Benjamin Bowring was named after him.[1] C.T. Bowring and Co. was bought by Marsh & McLennan Companies in 1980.[2]
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- ^ The MV Benjamin Bowring Script error: No such module "webarchive".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Marsh & McLennan Companies UK history". Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baker, Melvin (1988). "Benjamin Bowring". Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. VII. ISBN 0-8020-3452-7.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wardle, Arthur C. (1938). Benjamin Bowring and his descendants. Hodder & Stoughton.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kearney, Mark; Ray, Randy (2002). I know that name!. Dundurn Press. ISBN 1-55002-407-8.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Keir, David (1963). The Bowring Story. Bodley Head.
