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{{Short description|American publisher and statistician}} {{more citations needed|date=October 2007}} [[File:J. D. B. De Bow engraved by William G. Jackman.jpg|thumb|right|270px|De Bow engraved by William G. Jackman]] '''James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow''' (July 20, 1820 β February 27, 1867) was an American [[publisher]] and [[statistician]], best known for his influential [[magazine]] ''[[De Bow's Review]]'', who also served as superintendent of the [[U.S. Census]] from 1853 to 1855.<ref>[https://www.census.gov/history/www/census_then_now/director_biographies/directors_1840_-_1865.html#debow United States Census Bureau: Directors, 1840-1865]</ref> He always spelled "De Bow" as two words.
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