Bowman, William (1816–1892)

English physician and ophthalmologist. He was professor of physiology at King's College, London, 1845–55, and published his Lectures on Operations on the Eye in 1849. He was also surgeon to the Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital and to King's College Hospital, and was the first president of the Ophthalmological Society, 1880–83.

He also published, in conjunction with Richard Todd, The Anatomy and Physiology of Man (1843–56).

He became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1841 and of the Royal College of Surgeons in 1844, and was created baronet in 1884.