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About Thomas McAdory Owen
Thomas McAdory Owen was an American lawyer, archivist, historian, and founder of the Alabama Department of Archives and History, serving as its first director. Owen was the author of a large and noted four-volume work, History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, and numerous other historical works. Through his lobbying efforts Owen was instrumental at obtaining the needed support and state funding for the Alabama Historical Society and other archival and historical institutions in the state.
Everything about Thomas McAdory Owen →- Occupation
- author, lawyer, historian, archivist
- Position held
- director
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1866, November 19, 1866
- Died
- 1920, March 25, 1920