- Thomas Owen
Thomas Owen (1749 – May 1812) was a Welsh
Anglican priest and translator of works on agriculture.Life
Owen was born in
Anglesey , Wales in 1749. He studied atJesus College, Oxford , matriculating on20 March 1767 . He obtained a B.A. degree in 1770. He then transferred toThe Queen's College, Oxford , obtaining his M.A. degree in 1773.cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21034|title=Owen, Thomas (1749–1812)|last=Pollard|first=A. F.|authorlink=Albert Pollard|date=2004|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online edition, subscription access)|publisher=Oxford University Press |accessdate=2008-04-24] He was ordaineddeacon on26 May 1771 , and ordainedpriest on19 December 1773 , both ordinations being carried out byRobert Lowth ,Bishop of Oxford , atChrist Church Cathedral, Oxford . [cite web|url=http://www.theclergydatabase.org.uk/cce/apps/persons/CreatePersonFrames.jsp?PersonID=37278|title=Thomas Owen (CCEd Person ID 141424)|work=The Clergy of the Church of England Database 1540–1835|accessdate=2008-04-24] He wasrector of St Mary's Church,Upton Scudamore ,Wiltshire from 1779 to 1812. [cite web|url=http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=940|title=Wiltshire Community History: Church of Saint Mary, Upton Scudamore|publisher=Wiltshire County Council |accessdate=2008-04-24] Owen resided in Upton Scudamore, having no other parish positions. [cite web|url=http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16080|title='Upton Scudamore'|last=Crittall|first=Elizabeth|date=1965|work=A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 8: Warminster, Westbury and Whorwellsdown Hundreds|publisher=Victoria County History |pages=78-89|accessdate=2008-04-24]His translations included "The Three Books of M. Terentius Varro Concerning Agriculture" (published in 1800), "Geōponika, Agricultural Pursuits" (published in 2 volumes, 1805–06), and "The Fourteen Books of
Palladius on Agriculture" (published in 1807). Owen died in Anglesey in May 1812.References
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