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John Owen

Chess master
John Owen was an English vicar and amateur chess master. He ranked among the world's top ten chess players for certain periods of the 1860s. He was a major figure in English chess from the mid 1850s to the 1890s. Wikipedia
Born: March 8, 1827, Marchington, United Kingdom
Died: November 24, 1901 (age 74 years), Twickenham, United Kingdom