Thomas Owen (priest)
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Thomas Owen (1749 – May 1812) was a Welsh Anglican priest and translator of works on agriculture.
Life[edit]
Owen was born in Anglesey, Wales in 1749. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating on 20 March 1767. He obtained a B.A. degree in 1770. He then transferred to The Queen's College, Oxford, obtaining his M.A. degree in 1773.[1] He was ordained deacon on 26 May 1771, and ordained priest on 19 December 1773, both ordinations being carried out by Robert Lowth, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.[2] He was rector of St Mary's Church, Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire from 1779 to 1812.[1][3] Owen lived at Upton Scudamore, having no other parish positions.[4]
His translations included The Three Books of M. Terentius Varro Concerning Agriculture (published in 1800), Geōponika, Agricultural Pursuits (published in 2 volumes, 1805), and The Fourteen Books of Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius on Agriculture (1807).
Owen died n Anglesey in May 1812.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c Pollard, A. F. (2004). "Owen, Thomas (1749–1812)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/21034. Retrieved 24 April 2008. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Thomas Owen (CCEd Person ID 141424)". The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835. Retrieved 24 April 2008. [dead link]
- ^ "Church of Saint Mary, Upton Scudamore". Wiltshire Community History. Wiltshire Council. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ Crittall, Elizabeth (1965). "Upton Scudamore". A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds. Victoria County History. pp. 78–89. Retrieved 24 April 2008.