Austin, Stephen Fuller
Syllabification: (Aus·tin, Stephen Fuller)
Pronunciation: /ˈôstən/
Entry from US Dictionary
Definition of Austin, Stephen Fuller
- (1793–1836), colonizer of Texas. He founded the first recognized Anglo-American settlement in Texas 1823 and served briefly as secretary of state of the Republic of Texas 1836. His colonization of Texas was a continuation of the effort begun by his father, Moses Austin (1761–1821), who in 1821 became the first man allowed to bring Anglo-American settlers into Spanish Texas.