Owen Chase, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Owen Chase

American sailor

Date of Birth: 07-Oct-1797

Place of Birth: Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1869

Profession: writer, navigator

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Owen Chase (October 7, 1797 – March 7, 1869) was first mate of the whaler Essex, which a sperm whale rammed and sank on 20 November 1820.
Chase wrote about the incident in Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Shipwreck of the Whale-Ship Essex.
This book, published in 1821, would inspire Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick.
Chase was born in Nantucket, Massachusetts, the son of Phebe (Meader) and Judah Chase.