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Owen
Owen may refer to: People and fictional characters * Owen (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Places United States * Owen, Missouri, a ghost town * Owen, Wisconsin * Owen County, Indiana * Owen County, Kentucky * Owen Township (other) * Mount Owen (Colorado) * Mount Owen (Wyoming) Elsewhere * Owen Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica * Owen Sound, a city in Ontario, Canada * Owen, South Australia, a small town * Owen, Germany, town in Baden-Württemberg * Mount Owen (other) * Port Owen, South Africa Ships * , a destroyer that took part in World War II and the Korean War * , a British Royal Navy frigate Other uses * Owen (automobile), an American car made from 1910 to 1914 * Owen (musician), a solo project of American indie rock singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella ** Owen (album), ''Owen'' (album), a 2001 album * Owen (hippopotamus), a young orphan hippopotamus who formed a bond with a giant tortoise * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen (name)
Owen is usually an anglicised variant of the Welsh name, Welsh personal name . Originally a patronymic, Owen became a fixed surname in Wales beginning with the reign of Henry VIII of England, Henry VIII. Etymologists consider it to originate from ''Eugene (given name), Eugene'', meaning 'noble-born'. According to T. J. Morgan and Prys Morgan in ''Welsh Surnames'': "the name is a derivation of the Latin > Old Welsh, OW , ... variously written in Middle Welsh, MW as , , . Late Latin, LL gives the names , , , . The corresponding form in Irish language, Irish is ." Morgan and Morgan note that there are less likely alternative explanations, and agree with Rachel Bromwich that Welsh "is normally Latinisation of names, latinised as ", and that both the Welsh and Irish forms are Latin derivatives. The Welsh name is a cognate and near-homonym of the Irish name (, partially anglicised as , as noted by Morgan and Morgan, among other spellings). As such, the given name Owney is usual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Sound
Owen Sound (2021 Canadian Census, 2021 Census population 21,612) is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The county seat, seat of government of Grey County, it is located at the mouths of the Pottawatomi River, Pottawatomi and Sydenham River (Lake Huron), Sydenham Rivers on an inlet of Georgian Bay. The primary tourist attractions are the many waterfalls within a short drive of the town. History The area around the upper Great Lakes has been home to the Ojibwe people since prehistory. In 1815, William Fitzwilliam Owen surveyed the area and named the inlet after his older brother Admiral Edward Owen (Royal Navy officer), Edward Owen. The name of the area in Ojibwe language is ''Gchi-wiigwedong''. A settlement called "Sydenham" was established in 1840 or 1841 by Charles Rankin in an area that had been inhabited by First Nations in Canada, First Nations people. John Telfer settled here at that time and others followed. By 1846, the population was 150 and a sawmill and gristmi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Owen
Owen Owen was a Liverpool-based operator of department stores in the United Kingdom and Canada. Beginning with a drapery shop in Liverpool, a chain of department stores was built up, often by taking over rival retailers. The company remained under Owen / Norman family control until the 1980s, and the brand ceased to be used in 2007. Founder and early history Owen Owen was born on 13 October 1847 at Cwmrhaeadr near Machynlleth at the westernmost tip of Montgomeryshire, Wales.National Library of Wales, Owen Owen, Liverpo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Gun
The Owen gun, known officially as the Owen machine carbine, was an Australian submachine gun that was designed by Evelyn Owen in 1938. The Owen was the only entirely Australian-designed and constructed service submachine gun of World War II. It was used by the Australian Army from 1942 until 1971. History The Owen gun was created by Australian Army private Evelyn Owen in 1931, who finalised the design in 1938, when he was around 23. Owen submitted the design to the Australian military, but was rejected, as they were waiting for the British Sten to finish development. By May 1940, Owen had enlisted in the Second Australian Imperial Force, and was set to deploy to the Middle East, but after speaking about his design to the manager of a local plant of Lysaght (Australian company), Lysaght, who had an interest in the design, Owen was transferred to the Central Inventions Board. In June 1941, Owen was discharged from the army and began to manufacture the Owen gun. After conducting te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen County, Indiana
Owen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. In 1920 the United States Census Bureau calculated the mean center of U.S. population to fall within this county. As of the 2020 United States census, it had a population of 21,321. Its county seat is Spencer. Owen County is part of the Bloomington, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area. History In 1787, the fledgling United States defined the Northwest Territory, which included the area of present-day Indiana. In 1800, Congress separated Ohio from the Northwest Territory, designating the rest of the land as the Indiana Territory. President Thomas Jefferson chose William Henry Harrison as the territory's first governor, and Vincennes was established as the territorial capital. After the Michigan Territory was separated and the Illinois Territory was formed, Indiana was reduced to its current size and geography. By December 1816 the Indiana Territory was admitted to the Union as a state. Starting in 1794, Native American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Graduate School Of Management
The Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management is the graduate business school of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1969, Owen offers six degrees: a standard 2-year Master of Business Administration (MBA), an Executive MBA, Master of Finance, Master of Accountancy, Master of Accountancy-Valuation, and Master of Management in Health Care, as well as a variety of joint professional and MBA degree programs. Owen also offers non-degree programs for undergraduates and professionals. The student to faculty ratio is about 9 to 1, with 577 students and 49 full-time faculty members. The school is named for Ralph “Peck” Owen and his wife, Lulu Hampton Owen. Ralph Owen, a Vanderbilt alumnus (’28), was a founder of Equitable Securities Corporation in Nashville, and he became the chairman of the American Express Company. History In 1881, Vanderbilt's Board of Trust submitted its first proposal for a business education program, cal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen County, Kentucky
Owen County is a County (United States), county located in the northern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. Its county seat is Owenton, Kentucky, Owenton. The county is named for Colonel (United States), Colonel Abraham Owen. It is a prohibition or dry county, with the exception of a winery that is authorized to sell its product to the public, and limited sales within the incorporated city limits of Owenton. History Numerous Native American burial mounds were located in Owen County. Many pioneers made their homes on land grants along the many streams which flow through the county. Owen County was formed as the 63rd county by the Commonwealth of Kentucky and approved February 6, 1819.Acts of 1818-1819 Chapter 287 page 702 http://www.myowencountyky.com/owen-county-history/ It was formed from the counties of Franklin, Scott, Gallatin, and Pendleton. Hesler (Heslerville) was the first county seat. Owen County was named after Abraham Owen, an Indian fighter and Kentucky legislator, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen, Wisconsin
Owen is a city in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 940 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. Owen is located directly east of the village of Withee, Wisconsin, Withee, which is about half the size of Owen. History In 1880 the Wisconsin Central Railroad (1871–99), Wisconsin Central Railroad built its line through what would become Owen, on its way from Abbotsford, Wisconsin, Abbotsford to Chippewa Falls. In 1893 the John S. Owen Company of Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Eau Claire managed to buy from J.D. Spaulding 400 square miles of virgin timber that ran from the current site of Owen north through Taylor County, Wisconsin, Taylor County and into Rusk County, Wisconsin, Rusk County. Near where the railroad crossed Brick Creek and that creek flowed into the Popple River, the company built a warehouse, a boarding house, and five log buildings clustered around the rail line. They dammed Brick Creek to make a mill pond and built a sawmill, a planing mill, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Fracture Zone
The Owen fracture zone (OFZ), though Misnomer, misnamed as a fracture zone, is a transform fault in the northwest Indian Ocean that separates the Arabian plate, Arabian and African plates from the Indian plate. Extending north-northeast from where the Carlsberg Ridge meets the Aden Ridge, Sheba ridge in the south to the Makran Trench, Makran Subduction Zone in the north, it represents the port side of the northward motion of the Indian subcontinent during the Late Cretaceous–Palaeogene break-up of Gondwana. Slip along the Owen fracture zone is occurring at /yr, the slowest rate on Earth, which means the Arabian plate moves northward faster than the Indian plate (4 vs. 2 mm/yr). In some usages, the name Owen Transform Fault is used to denote the short section between the end of the Aden-Sheba ridge and the Carlsberg Ridge. Additionally, this area has been called the Aden–Owen–Carlsberg triple junction, although the Carlsberg Ridge is offset from the point where the Owe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen, South Australia
Owen (postcode 5460) is a rural community in the heart of the Adelaide Plains. Owen is above sea-level and receives a reliable of rain annually. First settled in about 1865, it is about north of Adelaide in South Australia and is approximately 40 minutes by road to the nearest main regional centre of Gawler, South Australia, Gawler. It is in the Wakefield Regional Council. Establishment Owen was gazetted as a town on 1 May 1879 in conjunction with the construction of the Balaklava railway line between Hamley Bridge, South Australia, Hamley Bridge and Balaklava, South Australia, Balaklava. There was a second railway siding about northwest of the Government Town of Owen named Woods. The small village by this station is now considered to be part of Owen. At the 2016 Australian census, 2016 census, Owen had a population of 261 in the town and 511 including the surrounding farmland. The railway station at Stockyard Creek, South Australia, Stockyard Creek was originally larger tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen (hippopotamus)
Owen may refer to: People and fictional characters * Owen (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname Places United States * Owen, Missouri, a ghost town * Owen, Wisconsin * Owen County, Indiana * Owen County, Kentucky * Owen Township (other) * Mount Owen (Colorado) * Mount Owen (Wyoming) Elsewhere * Owen Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica * Owen Sound, a city in Ontario, Canada * Owen, South Australia, a small town * Owen, Germany, town in Baden-Württemberg * Mount Owen (other) * Port Owen, South Africa Ships * , a destroyer that took part in World War II and the Korean War * , a British Royal Navy frigate Other uses * Owen (automobile), an American car made from 1910 to 1914 * Owen (musician), a solo project of American indie rock singer-songwriter Mike Kinsella ** ''Owen'' (album), a 2001 album * Owen (hippopotamus), a young orphan hippopotamus who formed a bond with a giant tortoise * Ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen (musician)
Owen is the primary solo project of American indie rock and emo musician Mike Kinsella. The project features soft melodies and complex acoustics, combining acoustic guitar with keyboard, other guitars, vocals, and drums. Career Owen's debut album, ''Owen (album), Owen'', marked a departure from Mike Kinsella's previous projects. For the second album, ''No Good For No One Now'', Kinsella opted to purchase recording equipment instead of studio time. In 2004, Kinsella collaborated with Cale Parks (of Aloha (band), Aloha), Bob Hoffnar, Jen Tabor, and Paul Koob, to record ''(the ep)''. Despite rumors of a live band tour, Kinsella rejoined Joan of Arc (band), Joan of Arc and toured with Maritime and Aloha. ''(the ep)'' was written as a companion piece to a planned full-length album. Later in 2004, Kinsella recorded ''I Do Perceive'', Owen's third album, with assistance from his cousin Nate Kinsella. ''At Home With Owen'' featured a different approach to recording, incorporating ses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
