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Lorenzo Niles Fowler

1811–96

Phrenologist. Conducted phrenological examinations from offices in New York City from 1836. Established a publishing firm with his brother Orson Squire Fowler and Samuel Robert Wells, issuing phrenological works and other educational writings, in 1844. Moved to London in 1863 and established the Fowler Phrenological Institute and the Phrenological Magazine (1880).

Source

ANB.

Bibliography

ANB: American national biography. Edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. and supplement. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1999–2002.

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