 Samuel Fowler (1779–1844)

Samuel Fowler (30 October 1779 at Newburgh, Orange County, New York, United States – 20 February 1844 at Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey) was a doctor, state legislator, and member of the United States House of Representatives from northwestern New Jersey.As the owner of zinc and iron mines and an iron works at Franklin, New Jersey, he became a noted mineralogist who discovered several varieties of rare minerals (chiefly various ores of zinc).