Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria (1789–1860), writer on science and phrenologist
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Complementary and Alternative Medicine; History of Science and Technology; Medicine and Health. 1380 words.
Forster, Thomas Ignatius Maria (1789–1860), writer on science and phrenologist, was born on 9 November 1789 in London. He was the eldest son of the botanist and antiquarian Thomas Furly...
Fowler, Orson Squire
in American National Biography Online
January 1999; p ublished online February 2000 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Complementary and Alternative Medicine; History of Science and Technology; Architecture; Art Education. 1086 words.
Fowler, Orson Squire (11 October 1809–18 August 1887), phrenologist and publisher, was born in Cohocton, Steuben County, New York, the son of Horace Fowler, a farmer, and Martha Howe. He...