Nathaniel Bowditch American astronomer and mathematician who founded modern navigation (1773-1838) (1773–1838) Parents Mary Bowditch Habakkuk Bowditch Children Henry Ingersoll Bowditch Mary Ingersoll Dixwell Jonathan Ingersoll Bowditch Nathaniel Ingersoll Bowditch William Ingersoll Bowditch Partners Mary "Polly" Bowditch
