Samuel Roberts Wells was an American physician who promoted phrenology, a pseudoscience that claimed human character and behavior could be determined by measuring the shape and size of the skull. — AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler and Wells Company | 1843 | 1875 | |
| American Institute of Phrenology | 1866 | 1875 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1820/00/00 | Samuel Roberts Wells is born. | Born | |||||
| 1844/00/00 | Charlotte Fowler, a sister of Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler, marries Samuel Roberts Wells. | Groom | |||||
| 1856/06/07 | By letter, Robert Wells insist that 'Friend Whitman' omit 'objectionable passages' and suggest that "Leaves of Grass" would be better published elsewhere. | Publisher | Leaves of Grass (book) | ||||
| 1875/00/00 | Samuel Roberts Wells dies. | Died |
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