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Jr. Charles Fowler

Best known as the co-author of a lively 1851 account of the Crystal Palace, this writer helped capture the excitement of one of Victorian Britain’s most famous engineering feats. His work offers readers a close-up look at the design, construction, and public wonder surrounding the Great Exhibition landmark.

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The Crystal Palace: Its Architectural History and Constructive Marvels

The Crystal Palace: Its Architectural History and Constructive Marvels

by Peter Berlyn, Jr. Charles Fowler

About the author

Charles Fowler Jr. is credited as a co-author of The Crystal Palace: Its Architectural History and Constructive Marvels, a 92-page book published in 1851 with Peter Berlyn. Modern library and public-domain records consistently connect his name with that volume.

The book focuses on the Crystal Palace in London, the vast glass-and-iron building created for the Great Exhibition of 1851. From the surviving records available here, Fowler Jr. appears in print mainly through this work, which blends architectural explanation with a sense of amazement at the scale and ingenuity of the project.

Very little confirmed biographical information about his wider life was easy to verify from reliable sources in this search. What can be said with confidence is that his name remains tied to an enduring Victorian document about one of the 19th century’s most celebrated buildings.