Editing Bowman's layer (section)

== History ==
The Bowman's layer is named after Sir [[Sir William Bowman, 1st Baronet|William Bowman]] (1816–1892), an English [[physician]], [[anatomist]] and [[ophthalmologist]], who discovered this structure.  Bowman's layer is not a true basement membrane, despite being originally referred to as such.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Mills|editor-first=Stacey|title=Histology for Pathologists|edition=5th|page=337|publisher=Wolters Kluwer|year=2020|isbn=978-1496398949}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|pmc=7283008|year=2020 |last1=Wilson |first1=S. E. |title=Bowman's layer in the cornea– structure and function and regeneration |journal=Experimental Eye Research |volume=195 |page=108033 |doi=10.1016/j.exer.2020.108033 |pmid=32339517 }}</ref>