Dr Richard Fowler (1765 – 1863)

Having completed his medical studies in Edinburgh, Dr Fowler set up practice in 1796 in Salisbury, where he spent the remainder of his long life. His plaque was unveiled in September 2010 on the building in St Ann Street where Dr Fowler, at the age of 94, founded the Salisbury Museum in 1860. He died three years later. The Museum remained in St Ann Street until the 1981, when it transferred to its current location in The Close.