John Bowring

1792 - 1872

About the Author

Bowring was a contributor to the Westminster Review, a supporter of free trade and parliamentary reform, a member of parliament (1835), the executor of Jeremy Bentham’s estate and editor of his collected works, British Consul to Canton (1849) and then Governor of Hong Kong (1854).

In The Library:

• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, 11 vols. (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 1 (Principles of Morals and Legislation, Fragment on Government, Civil Code, Penal Law) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 2 (Judicial Procedure, Anarchical Fallacies, works on Taxation) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 3 (Usury, Political Economy, Equity, Parliamentary Reform) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 4 (Panopticon, Constitution, Colonies, Codification) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 5 (Scotch Reform, Real Property, Codification Petitions) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 6 (Rationale of Evidence, Rationale of Judicial Evidence) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 7 (Rationale of Judicial Evidence Part 2) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 8 (Chrestomathia, Essays on Logic and Grammar, Tracts on Poor Laws, Tracts on Spanish Affairs) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 9 (Constitutional Code) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 10 (Memoirs Part I and Correspondence) (1843)
• editor: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, vol. 11 (Memoirs of Bentham Part II and Analytical Index) (1843)