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'''Sir Hugh Owen''' ([[January 14]], [[1804]]–[[November 20]], [[1881]]) was a significant [[Wales|Welsh]] educator.
Hugh Owen was a [[Methodist]] philanthropist; he was one of the original promoters of the [[University of Wales, Aberystwyth|University College of Wales]] at [[Aberystwyth]]. He is buried at [[Abney Park Cemetery]] in Stoke Newington, London.
The university library at Aberystwyth is named after Hugh Owen, as is [[Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen]], a secondary [[school]] in [[Caernarfon]] ('ysgol' is the [[Welsh language|Welsh]] word for [[school]]). The Welsh phrase is often written as "Ysgol Syr Huw Owen".
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