Bowen, Professor Enoch

After discovering the Shining Trapezohedron in Egypt in the 1840's, Bowen returned to Providence and bought the Free-will Church on Federal Hill in 1844 where he founded the Starry Wisdom cult.  After a number of disappearances by locals, the town investigated Bowen but he stayed in business until 1877 when a bunch of Federal Hill men forced Bowen and cult out of town.

("Haunter of the Dark")