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William Windsor
b. 1857
An early science-fiction curiosity lies behind this little-known American writer, who mixed utopian fiction with the once-popular study of phrenology. Best remembered for Loma, a Citizen of Venus (1897), he wrote with the confidence of an inventor, lecturer, and reformer rolled into one.
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About the author
Born in 1857, William Windsor was an American author and phrenologist active in the late nineteenth century. Reference sources connect him most closely with Loma, a Citizen of Venus (1897), a speculative novel about a visitor from Venus whose superiority to humans becomes a way to explore social ideas and human behavior.
Windsor also wrote books on phrenology and self-improvement, including How to Become Rich and The Science of Creation and Art of Reproduction. Those works reflect the mix of popular science, personal advice, and social theory that shaped much of his writing.
Today, Windsor is mainly of interest to readers curious about forgotten science fiction and unusual corners of American popular thought. His work offers a glimpse of a time when fiction, fringe science, and grand plans for improving society often traveled together.