Francis Owen 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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Occupation: Germanist
Born: 1886
Died: December 22, 1975

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Occupation: Germanist
Born: 1886
Died: December 22, 1975

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