Francis Owen (philologist)

Francis Owen
Francis Owen
Born	6 December 1886; Saltfleet, Ontario, Canada
Died	22 December 1975 (aged 89); Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Children	1
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Toronto; University of Chicago;
Academic work
Discipline	Germanic philology; Indo-European linguistics;
Institutions	University of Alberta;
Main interests	Germanic peoples; Indo-European languages;
Notable works	The Germanic People (1960)

Francis Owen (6 September 1886 − 22 December 1975) was a Canadian philologist and military officer. He was Professor of German and Chairman of the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Alberta, and the author of the first complete scholarly work on the history and early culture of the Germanic peoples. His works on this subject are still cited in modern scholarship.

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