Andrew Fowler

Brief Life History of Andrew

When Andrew Fowler was born on 20 August 1800, in Crail, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Andrew Fowler, was 47 and his mother, Janet Brown, was 30. He had at least 1 son with Helen Johnston.

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Andrew Fowler
1800–
Helen Johnston
1800–
Andrew Fowler
1827–

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  • Andrew Fowler in entry for Andrew Fowler, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"

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World Events (8)

1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.

In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1832 · The Scottish Reform Act

The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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