David Dale Owen (1808-1860), Scottish-born American physician and geologist who set up the US Geological Survey in 1839 when appointed Geologist of th

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David Dale Owen (1808-1860), Scottish-born American physician and geologist who set up the US Geological Survey in 1839 when appointed Geologist of the US. He lived at New Harmony, Indiana, the town founded by his father, the social reformer Robert Owen.

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