Fowler, Charles Henry, 1837-1908, American Methodist bishop and educator, b. Canada. For 11 years he held pastorates in Chicago churches. He was president of Northwestern Univ. from 1873 to 1876. After his election as bishop in 1884, he traveled in several mission fields and helped found the universities of Beijing and Nanjing in China, Nebraska Wesleyan Univ., and the Twentieth Century Forward Movement.

Fowler, Henry Watson, 1858-1933, English lexicographer, b. Devon, educated at Oxford. Both he and his brother, Francis G. Fowler (1870-1918), had been teachers before they began their literary collaboration with a translation of Lucian (1905). They also worked together on The King's English (1906), a trenchant and witty book of modern English usage and misusage, and on The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (1911) and The Pocket Oxford Dictionary (1924). After the death of his brother in 1918, H. W. Fowler completed A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926) alone. These works became invaluable reference books for writers, editors, and all those interested in the usage of modern English.

Fowler, Sir John, 1817-98, English engineer. With Benjamin Baker, he designed and built the Forth Bridge (1882-90) in Scotland, the first major structure made of steel. He also designed much of the London Metropolitan Railway, forerunner of the underground railways, and later served as an engineer in the development of the London subway system. He was knighted in 1885.

Fowler, William Alfred, 1911-95, American nuclear astrophysicist, b. Pittsburgh. While a professor at the California Institute of Technology, Fowler studied how chemical elements are formed in nuclear reactions, especially in the evolution of stars. For his work in this area he shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. Fowler also studied the radio emissions of quasars and the functioning of subatomic particles such as neutrinos.

(born Aug. 9, 1911, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.—died March 14, 1995, Pasadena, Calif.) U.S. nuclear astrophysicist. He received his Ph.D. from Caltech and became a professor there in 1939. His theory of element generation (nucleosynthesis) suggests that, as stars evolve, chemical elements are synthesized progressively (light to heavy) by means of nuclear fusion that also produces light and heat and that the heaviest elements are synthesized in supernovas. For his theory he shared a 1983 Nobel Prize with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. He is also known for his work in radio astronomy with Fred Hoyle.

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(born March 10, 1858, Tonbridge, Kent, Eng.—died Dec. 26, 1933, Hinton St. George, Somerset) English lexicographer and philologist. With his brother, Francis George Fowler (d. 1918), he wrote The King's English (1906) and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (1911). H.W. Fowler's major work, planned with his brother, was A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), an alphabetical listing of points of grammar, syntax, style, pronunciation, and punctuation, whose depth, style, and humour have made it a classic.

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(born Aug. 9, 1911, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.—died March 14, 1995, Pasadena, Calif.) U.S. nuclear astrophysicist. He received his Ph.D. from Caltech and became a professor there in 1939. His theory of element generation (nucleosynthesis) suggests that, as stars evolve, chemical elements are synthesized progressively (light to heavy) by means of nuclear fusion that also produces light and heat and that the heaviest elements are synthesized in supernovas. For his theory he shared a 1983 Nobel Prize with Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar. He is also known for his work in radio astronomy with Fred Hoyle.

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(born March 10, 1858, Tonbridge, Kent, Eng.—died Dec. 26, 1933, Hinton St. George, Somerset) English lexicographer and philologist. With his brother, Francis George Fowler (d. 1918), he wrote The King's English (1906) and The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Current English (1911). H.W. Fowler's major work, planned with his brother, was A Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1926), an alphabetical listing of points of grammar, syntax, style, pronunciation, and punctuation, whose depth, style, and humour have made it a classic.

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Fowler can refer to:

Places

Any of the following places:Australia

• Division of Fowler, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in New South WalesUnited States
• Fowler, California, a town in Fresno County
• Fowler, Colorado, a town in Otero County
• Fowler, Illinois, a village in Adams County
• Fowler, Indiana, a town in Benton County
• Fowler, Kansas, a city in Meade County
• Fowler, Michigan, a village in Clinton County
• Fowler, New York, a town in St. Lawrence County
• The Fowler River in New Hampshire

Other

John M. Fowler Smashbox make-up

• Fowler's solution
• A Fowler flap; see Flap (aircraft)
• Fowler's Modern English Usage, a British style guide by Henry Watson Fowler.
• John Fowler & Co. Engineers, Leeds, manufacturers of traction engines, agricultural equipment and railway locomotives
• Fish-Only-With-Live-Rock Aquarium, a fish-only aquarium with the addition of live rock for biological filtration
• Fowlers Vacola
• Fowlerware