Category:Franklin Fowler

Franklin Fowler 

19th-century American Boston maritime pilot.
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Date of birth	16 January 1842
Date of death	25 January 1902
Occupation	maritime pilot
Father	James Lawrence Fowler
Relative	William C. Fowler (uncle)
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Franklin Fowler, (January 16, 1842 – January 25, 1902) was a 19th-century American Boston maritime pilot. He is the son of Captain James Lawrence Fowler (1799 – 1885), of Main, and Louisa Jane Lincoln. He went with his father to California to become a pilot. He returned to Boston and became one of the oldest and best known pilots in the Boston service, serving for twenty-five years. He was captain of the pilot boat Florence. In 1888, he received an award from the Massachusetts Humane Society for rescuing the crew from the barque Hattie L. Curtis.