John Owen
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Welsh poet, singer and musician
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, John Owen, also known by his bardic name Owain Alaw Pencerdd , was a Welsh-language poet and also a musician. Early life Owen was born and raised in Chester, England, just across the border from Wales. He was apprenticed as a young man to a cutler, but he also studied music and the organ, and became the organist at the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel, as well as conductor of the Octagon Orchestral Society. He married a Miss Williams in 1842, and in 1844 gave up his business to devote himself to music full time.
