Roger Owen | |
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| Born | 27 May 1935 London, England |
| Died | 23 December 2018 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | BA (1959), DPhil (1964) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, A.J. Meyer Professor of Middle East History, Harvard University, 1993- |
| Employer(s) | Harvard, Director of Center for Middle Eastern Studies 1996-99 |
| Website | Harvard History Department - Faculty Emeriti |
Edward Roger John Owen (27 May 1935 – 23 December 2018) was a British historian who wrote several classic works on the history of the modern Middle East. His research interests included the economic, social and political history of the Middle East, especially Egypt, from 1800 to the present, as well as the theories of imperialism, including military occupations.