Thomas Welbank Fowle (29 August 1835 – 14 January 1903) was an English cleric and writer, known as a social reformer.
In 1863 he was appointed vicar of Holy Trinity, Hoxton, a poor parish in East London with a large population.
He ran there an allotment system for agricultural labourers, and as a poor-law guardian worked to reduce outdoor relief.
[3][4] He tried to reconcile recent scientific discoveries with religious belief in three articles on Evolution in the Nineteenth Century (July 1878, March 1879, September 1881), as well as in the New Analogy, which he published in 1881 under the pseudonym "Cellarius".
[2] On social issues, Fowle contributed an article in the Fortnightly Review for June 1880 advocating the abolition of outdoor relief and a manual, The Poor Law, in the "English Citizen" series (1881; second edition 1890), which became a standard work.