Thomas Owen (1749 – May 1812) was a Welsh Anglican priest and translator of works on agriculture.
Owen was born in Anglesey, Wales in 1749. He studied at Jesus College, Oxford, matriculating on 20 March 1767. He obtained a B.A. degree in 1770. He then transferred to The Queen's College, Oxford, obtaining his M.A. degree in 1773.[1] He was ordained deacon on 26 May 1771, and ordained priest on 19 December 1773, both ordinations being carried out by Robert Lowth, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.[2] He was rector of St Mary's Church, Upton Scudamore, Wiltshire from 1779 to 1812.[1][3] Owen lived at Upton Scudamore, having no other parish positions.[4]
His translations included The Three Books of M. Terentius Varro Concerning Agriculture (published in 1800), Geōponika, Agricultural Pursuits (published in 2 volumes, 1805), and The Fourteen Books of Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius on Agriculture (1807).
Owen died n Anglesey in May 1812.[1]
