Researching Owen Connelly
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2781 people with the Connelly surname? In that year Connelly was ranked number 1429 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Owen means "Form of EVAN. young warrior" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Owen Connelly on Ancestry
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Owen Connelly
Owen Sergeson "Mike" Connelly Jr. (29 January 1924 – 12 July 2011), who published as Owen Connelly, was an American historian who specialized in military history, especially the Napoleonic wars. He was Distinguished Professor of History Emeritus at the University of South Carolina.
Connelly was the author of ten books, including:*Napoleon's Satellite Kingdoms (1965)*The Gentle Bonaparte: A Biography of Joseph, Napoleon's Elder Brother (1968)*The Epoch of Napoleon (1972)*Consortium on Revolutionary Europe (1979)*Historical Dictionary of Napoleonic France, 1799–1815 (1985; editor)*The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (1999)*On War and Leadership: The Words of Combat Commanders from Frederick the Great to Norman Schwarzkopf (2002)*Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns (2006)*The Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon, 1792–1815 (2006)*The American Military Tradition: From Colonial Times to the Present (2006; contributor)
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