Fowler and Wells Company
American
Fowler and Wells Company was an American publisher and museum, based in New York City, that promoted phrenology, the pseudo-science of determining human mental characters from measuring their heads. The displayed a collection of almost 2,000 bust, casts, portraits and skulls at their Phrenological Cabinet locations. The manuscript department, led by Samuel Roberts Wells, published handbooks and manuals on phrenology and such related reforms as vegetarianism, temperance and water cure. - AsNotedIn
Notable Position | Person | From | To |
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Partner | Orson S Fowler | 1835 | 1855 |
Partner, head of publishing department | Samuel Roberts Wells | 1843 | 1875 |