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Not who you're looking for? Others named Francis Owen: Canadian philologist and military officer (1886-1975) · British Member of Parliament (1745-1774)
Francis Owen was the first English missionary to the Zulu kingdom, then ruled by King Dingane. He and his household were the only white witnesses to the massacre of Piet Retief and his approximate 80 followers in February 1838 in the Zulu capital of Umgungundlovu. He is also the only European to leave a detailed account of life in the Zulu court and travelling through Natal at that time.
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