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Story: Thomas Fowler, Mathematician and Inventor 1777-1843
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A Promising Start

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 By his early thirties Thomas Fowler had left the fellmonger's yard behind and established himself as a printer and bookseller in Torrington High Street - in the building now occupied by the National Westminster Bank, just across the road from Torrington Museum. This was a remarkable achievement given his humble beginnings but even more so given that he built his printing press on a plan of his own design.
An early photograph of the High Street and Square in Torrington.
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