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Fouts, L. M – Fowler, George Ryerson

Fouts, L. M

railroad president, was born July 22, 1854, in New Washington, Ind. Since 1891 he has been president of the Weatherford, Mineral Wells and Northwestern railway.

Fowle, Daniel

printer, journalist, was born about 1715, in Charlestown, Mass.

From 1742 to 1750 he was a partner with Gamaliel Rogers, and in 1748-50 joint publisher with him of the Independent Advertiser. They were the first in America to print the New Testament. He died June, 1787, in Portsmouth, N. H.

Fowle, Robert

journalist. He was a partner with his uncle in the publication of the New Hampshire Gazette, which was the only newspaper in New Hampshire at the beginning of the revolution.

Fowle, William Bentley

educator, was born Oct. 17, 1795, in Boston, Mass . He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1843. About 1851 he opened a monitorial school in Boston, which he conducted successfully till 1860.

He died Feb. 6, 1865, in Medford, Mass.

Fowler, Andrew

clergyman, was born about 1765, in Guilford, Conn. After residing on Long Island and in Philadelphia, he became rector of churches in Spotswood, Shrewsbury, and Middletown, N. J. He died in 1851, in Charleston, S. C.

Fowler, Charles Henry

bishop, was born Aug. 11, 1837, in Canada. In 1876 he was elected editor of the New York Christian Advocate; and in 1884 was elected methodist episcopal bishop.

Fowler, Charles Newell

lawyer, congressman, was born Nov. 2, 1852, in Lena, Ill. He is a successful lawyer of Elizabeth, N. J.; and was elected to the fifty-fourth and fifty-fifth congresses as a republican.

Fowler, Edwin

educator, founder, was born Dec. 15, 1847, in England. In 1876 he moved to New York city, where he established a semi-military school, which is especially associated with his name and reputation as an educator. In 1878 he founded the Columbian institute of New York city.

Fowler, Mrs. Fannie H

poet, was born Jan. 19, 1838, in Will county, Ill. has edited for several years the woman's department of one of the leading newspapers of Manistee, Mich. She has written poems and articles for magazines and papers, and has recently published a volume of Society Poems.

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Fowler, Frank

artist, was born July 12, 1852, in Brooklyn, N. Y. has attained a national reputation as a successful artist; and has represented art in well-timed and valuable articles published in periodicals and books.

Fowler, George Bingham

physician, author, was born Oct. 23, 1847, ın Macon county, Ala. He was a professor of physiology in the College of Physicians and Surgeons; established The Dietetic Gazette; and for six years was associate editor of The American Journal of Obstetrics. He is the author of Detection of Sugar in Urine; Use and Value of Artificially Digested Food; and other works.

Fowler, George Ryerson

surgeon, author, was born Dec. 25, 1848, in New York city. He has filled the highest positions in medical colleges and hospitals of Brooklyn and New York city. He is the author of a dozen medical works on Diseases and Surgery.

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