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William David Owen (1874 - 1925) born as William Owen was a Welsh author best known for his novel 'Madam Wen' (Lady ) which was published in book form in 1925, although it had first appeared as a serial in the pages of the Welsh language newspaper 'y Genedl Gymraeg' (Welsh Nation ) in 1914. The first English edition of the story was published as an abridged version in October 2009 in a biographical work about the author by T.T.M. Hale entitled 'The Rhosneigr Romanticist'.〔Rhosneigr Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9562962-0-7〕〔 Owen died in 1925 barely two weeks after his novel was first published.〔 He was survived by his wife, Gwen (née Empsall) his mother Jane and two sisters, Ellen and Sarah. Ellen worked for Florence Nightingale between 1885 and 1892 as Cook and Housekeeper.〔letters in the Claydon House Trust Archives, Claydon House, Bucks; at Anglesey County Archives, Llangefni and in a private collection.〕 ==Notes== 〔 There is an earlier English translation of Madam Wen which was handwritten and bound into a book by a person known as Richard Parry in 1937 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William David Owen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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