Gwilym Ellis Lane Owen (18 May 1922 - 10 July 1982) was a Welsh philosopher, concerned with the history of Ancient Greek philosophy. From 1973 until his death he was the fourth Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Cambridge. An undergraduate at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where after research at Durham he taught, he proceeded in 1966 to Harvard University, where his many distinguished students included Julia Annas, Gail Fine, Wilbur Knorr, Martha Nussbaum, Donald J. Zeyl, Terence Irwin and Nicholas P. White. He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1969.
He is known particularly for his ideas on the development of Aristotle.[1] He has been classed with J. L. Ackrill and Gregory Vlastos as influential in creating interest in the field, in the Anglo-American context.[2]
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Keith Chambers Guthrie |
Laurence Professor of Ancient Philosophy Cambridge University 1973 - 1982 |
Succeeded by Myles Burnyeat |
| Preceded by D.W.Hamlyn |
President of the Aristotelian Society 1978 - 1979 |
Succeeded by A.R.White |