David Dale Owen
1807–60
American geologist. State geologist of Indiana, 1837. Commissioned to make a survey of districts of Wisconsin and Iowa, 1839. He extended this work, 1847–52, and published a report in 1852. State geologist of Kentucky, 1854–9; of Arkansas, 1857–60.
Sources
DAB
DSB.
Bibliography
DAB: Dictionary of American biography. Under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies. 20 vols., index, and 10 supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons; Simon & Schuster Macmillan. London: Oxford University Press; Humphrey Milford. 1928–95.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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