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David Dale Owen (24 June 1807 – 13 November 1860) was a prominent American geologist who conducted the first geological surveys of Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Iowa and Minnesota. Owen served as the first state geologist for three states: Kentucky (1854–57), Arkansas (1857–59), and Indiana (1837–39 and 1859–60).
David Dale Owen (1807–1860): Frontier Geologist. David Dale Owen at about 40 years of age from a self-portrait included with the Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota, and Incidentally of a Portion of Nebraska Territory, published in 1852.
Learn about David Dale Owen, a leading nineteenth-century American geologist who resided in New Harmony, Indiana. He conducted federal and state geological surveys and discovered fossils of the dire wolf.
Contents. David Dale Owen. American geologist. Learn about this topic in these articles: contribution to geochronology. In geochronology: Completion of the Phanerozoic time scale.
David Dale (6 January 1739–7 March 1806) was a leading Scottish industrialist, merchant and philanthropist during the Scottish Enlightenment period at the end of the 18th century.
David Dale Owen: Pioneer Geologist of the Middle West. By Walter Brookfield Hendrickson. Indiana Historical Collections. Vol. XXVII (Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Bureau, 1943. xii +137 pp. Illustrations, appendix, bibliography, and index.) - 24 Hours access
David Dale Owen (1807-1860), third son of Robert Owen, gained his geologic knowledge and passion from interactions with William Maclure and Gerard Troost in New Harmony. In 1836, he was appointed the State Geologist for Indiana (1837 to 1839), and in 1839 he was appointed U.S. Geologist by Congress.
