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Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895

LC control no.n 92076800
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingDorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895
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Variant(s)Dorsey, J. Owen (James Owen), 1848-1895
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedDakota Territory
Birth date1848-10-31
Death date1895-02-04
Place of birthBaltimore (Md.)
Field of activityIndians of North America--Languages
AffiliationSmithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Profession or occupationLinguists
Found inRiggs, S.R. A Dakota-English dictionary, 1992: CIP t.p. (James Owen Dorsey)
LC data base, 07-30-92 (hdg.: Dorsey, James Owen, 1848-1895; usage: James Owen Dorsey)
Omaha and Ponka letters, 1891: t.p. (James Owen Dorsey) p. 5 (J. Owen Dorsey)
Who was who in America, 1607-1896: (Dorsey, James Owen; born Baltimore, Oct. 31, 1848; attended Protestant Episcopal Theological Seminary; ordained deacon Episcopal Church, 1871; missionary to Pawnee Indians, Dakota Territory, 1871-1880; worked with Omaha Indians as member of Bureau of American Ethnology; died Feb. 4, 1895)
Associated languageeng