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Hugh Owen (educator)
Welsh educator (1804ā1881) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other people named Hugh Owen, see Hugh Owen (disambiguation).
Sir Hugh Owen (14 January 1804 ā 20 November 1881) was a pioneer of higher education in Wales. He was the main founder of the University College of Wales at Aberystwyth.
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