William Dowsing

William Dowsing (1596–1668), also known as "Smasher Dowsing",^[1] was an English puritan, and a particularly notable iconoclast at the time of the English Civil War.^[2]^[3] He was mainly active in East Anglia.

^ P. Levi, Eden renewed: The Public and Private Life of John Milton (Macmillan 1996), p. 127: "He was called the Smasher..."
^ G. Goodwin, 'Dowsing, William (?1596-?1679), iconoclast', Dictionary of National Biography (1885-1900), Vol. 15.
^ J. Morrill, 'Dowsing, William (bap. 1596, d. 1668), iconoclast', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP 2004).

[1] P. Levi, Eden renewed: The Public and Private Life of John Milton (Macmillan 1996), p. 127: "He was called the Smasher..."

[dnb-2] G. Goodwin, 'Dowsing, William (?1596-?1679), iconoclast', Dictionary of National Biography (1885-1900), Vol. 15.

[3] J. Morrill, 'Dowsing, William (bap. 1596, d. 1668), iconoclast', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (OUP 2004).

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