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David Dale Owen (24 June 1807 – 13 November 1860) was a prominent American geologist who conducted the first geological surveys of Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Owen served as the first state geologist for three states: Kentucky (1854–57), Arkansas (1857–59), and Indiana (1837–39 and 1859–60).
- Col. Alfred Dale Owen (1841), William Herschel Owen (1847), Nina Dale Owen (1849), Anna Owen
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David Dale Owen (* 24. Juni 1807 in Lanarkshire, Schottland; † 13. November 1860 in New Harmony, Indiana) war ein US-amerikanischer Geologe, bekannt für die geologische Landesaufnahme in Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas und anderen Staaten des Mittleren Westens.
David Dale Owen (1807–1860): Frontier Geologist. David Dale Owen at about 40 years of age from a self-portrait included with the Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and Incidentally of a Portion of Nebraska Territory, published in 1852.
David Dale Owen was a leading nineteenth-century American geologist. He resided in New Harmony, Indiana, a town purchased by his father, social reformer Robert Owen, in 1825. In New Harmony, Dr. Owen headquartered two federal geological surveys and the first official state geological surveys of Indiana, Kentucky, and Arkansas.
DAVID DALE OWEN, MAN OF SCIENCE. By Dr. WALTER B. HENDRICKSON. DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY, MACMURRAY COLLEGE. DAVID DALE OWEN, one of the leading geologists of the United States a hundred years ago, was one of the second genera- tion of scientists who made New Har- mony, Indiana, their home.
Robert Owen (son-in-law) David Dale (6 January 1739–7 March 1806) was a leading Scottish industrialist, merchant and philanthropist during the Scottish Enlightenment period at the end of the 18th century. [1] He was a successful entrepreneur in a number of areas, most notably in the cotton-spinning industry, and was the founder of ...
In 1848 and 1849 Owen headed surveying parties in the region, and in 1852. he prepared a comprehensive report of the results of the survey. The story of his survey of the Northwest, as recounted in his Report of a. Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, is a thrilling narrative.
