The Hon Dr Richard Ryther Steer Bowker


Sex: Male

Born: 30 August 1815, Campsall (Yorks), Eng

Died: 3 April 1903, Darling Point, NSW

Degrees

1881
Doctor of Medicine
ad eundum gradum
The University of Sydney

Career

MD DipMid St And 1839. FRCS Eng 1854. Med practitioner NSW (regd 9 Jul 1842). Practised in Newcastle from 1841, active in sanitation efforts. Shipowner, landowner and racehorse breeder. NSW MLA 1858-59 and 1877-80, MLC 1887-1903.