Charles Henry Owen (1830 - 1921)

Charles Henry Owen

Charles Henry Owen was a British military artillery officer, professor and artist, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy.

Owen served with the Royal Artillery throughout the Crimean War of 1854-1855, including the Battle of Inkerman (November 5, 1854) and the siege and fall of Sevastopol. Charles Owen rose to the rank of Major General, serving as Professor of Artillery at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich from 1858-1873. He was also a member of the Special Committee on Artillery Weapons and in 1873 wrote a manual, Principles and Practice of Modern Artillery.

Concurrently with his service, Owen was an artist and painted landscapes of the Crimea.