James Owen Dorsey
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| James Owen Dorsey | |
 James Owen Dorsey
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| Born | 31 October 1848 Baltimore, Maryland |
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| Died | 4 February 1895 Washington DC |
| Nationality | American |
| Ethnicity | Euro-american |
| Fields | ethnology |
| Known for | Siouan languages |
| Religious stance | Episcopalian (Protestant Christian) |
James Owen Dorsey (Oct. 31, 1848—Feb. 4, 1895) was an American ethnologist, linguist, and Episcopalian missionary who contributed to the description of the Ponca and other southern Siouan languages.
[edit] Publications
- Omaha and Ponca Letters 1890 (Contributions to North American Ethnography VI)
- supplement, Dorsey 1891
[edit] External links
- [http://omahalanguage.unl.edu/dorsey/index.html Nineteenth Century Omaha Texts
collected by James Owen Dorsey]
