FOWLER, CHARLES English architect, was born at Cullompton, Devon, on May 17, 1792, and died at Great Marlow on Sept. 26, 1867. After an apprenticeship of five years at Exeter, he worked in the office of David Laing in London from 1814 until he began to practise alone. His first important work was the court of bankruptcy in Basinghall street (1821). In 1822 he gained first premium for a design for London bridge, which, however, was not used. Among Fowler's designs for bridges was one erected across the Dart at Totnes. He also designed the markets of Covent Garden, Hungerford, Gravesend and Exeter (lower market) ; several churches, the Devon lunatic asylum (1845) , the London fever hospital (1849) and the hall of the Wax Chandlers' company, Gresham street (1853) . He was hon orary secretary and a vice-president of the Institute of British Architects.