Charlotte Fowler Wells

Charlotte Fowler Wells (née Fowler; August 14, 1814 – June 4, 1901) was an American phrenologist and publisher from New York. Along with her brothers, Orson Squire Fowler and Lorenzo Niles Fowler, her sister-in-law, Lydia Folger Fowler, and her husband, Samuel Roberts Wells, she was an early American popularizer of phrenology. Wells founded Fowler & Wells Company, published the American Phrenological Journal, and taught the first class in phrenology in the United States. She died at her home in New Jersey in 1901.

Charlotte Fowler Wells
Wells in 1893 publication A Woman of the Century
BornCharlotte Fowler
(1814-08-14)August 14, 1814
Cohocton, New York, U.S.
DiedJune 4, 1901(1901-06-04) (aged 86)
West Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting placeRosedale Cemetery
OccupationPublisher
LanguageEnglish
Alma materFranklin Academy
GenrePseudoscience
SubjectPhrenology
SpouseSamuel Roberts Wells
Relatives
  • Orson Squire Fowler (brother)
  • Lydia Folger Fowler (sister-in-law)
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