Edmund Owen
Edmund Blackett Owen FRCS (1847–1915) was an English surgeon.
Biography
He was the third son of a practicing doctor of Finchingfield, Essex and educated in nearby Bishops Stortford.
After studying medicine at St Mary's Hospital, London, Owen was appointed Resident Medical Officer and Demonstrator of Anatomy at St Mary's in 1868 and Lecturer of Anatomy in 1876. He was made M.R.C.S. in 1868 and F.R.C.S. in 1876. He also studied medicine in Paris and was made Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. For many years he was a surgeon at both St Mary's Hospital and the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.
He was elected President of the Harveian Society in 1887 and President of the Medical Society of London in 1898.
He was married in 1882 and his wife died in 1906. Upon his own death in 1915 he was survived by four daughters.
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Owen
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Owen, Germany
Owen (German pronunciation: [ˈaʊ.ən], see below) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany.
Geography
It is located 29 km southeast of Stuttgart and 7 km south of Kirchheim unter Teck.
Pronunciation
The name's pronunciation contradicts ordinary German orthographic rules and is more similar to English standard pronunciation. The name derives from the old word "Aue", meaning floodplain, and kept its ancient pronunciation.
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Owen (name)
Owen is an anglicized variant of the Welsh name Owain, and may appear as both a personal name and as a surname (with or without the s as in Owens [son of Owen] ). It can also be an anglicised version of the Irish Eoghan. Notable people with the surname or first name of Owen include:
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