A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature/Owen, John (epigrammatist)

by John William Cousin

Owen, John (1560-1622). -- Epigrammatist, b. at Plas Dhu, Carnarvonshire, ed. at Winchester and Oxf., and became head master of King Henry VIII. School at Warwick. His Latin epigrams, which have both sense and wit in a high degree, gained him much applause, and were translated into English, French, German, and Spanish.