OWSLEY, FRANK LAWRENCE, JR., 1928-

Biography:

University professor. Born– June 13, 1928, Nashville, Tenn. Parents– Frank L. and Hariett (Chappell) Owsley. Married– 1952. Children– Two. Education– Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1949; M.A., 1951; University of Alabama, Ph.D., 1955. Taught at George Washington University, 1956; U.S. Naval Academy, 1957-1960; Auburn University, 1960-1995; visiting professor at the University of Nebraska, 1967-1968. Awarded the Arthur W. Thompson Memorial Prize, 1968. Member of the Southern and American Historical Associations and the Organization of American Historians. Awarded the status of professor emeritus upon his retirement from Auburn in 1995.

Source:

Directory of American Scholars, 1982.

Publication(s):

British and Indian Activities in Spanish West Florida During the War of 1812 and 1814. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press, 1969.

The C.S.S. Florida; Her Building and Operations. Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania, 1965.

The South; Old and New Frontiers. Athens, Ga.; University of Georgia Press, 1969.

Struggle for the Gulf Borderlands; the Creek War and the Battle of New Orleans, 1812-1815. Gainesville, Fla.; University of Florida Press, 1981.

Joint_Publication(s):

Know Alabama. Montgomery, Ala.; Viewpoint Pub., 1970.

Editor:

The Life of Andrew Jackson. University, Ala.; University of Alabama Press,