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Richard Owen. 1804-1892. British paleontologist who studied many important fossils, including Charles Darwin's South American collection and the Jurassic age Archaeopteryx. Owen was passionate about evolution and argued against natural selection, insisting instead that the Creator endowed embryos with innate abilities to deviate from the ...
May 29, 2018 · Owen, Richard (1804–92) An anatomist and palaeontologist, Owen worked on fossil mammals and reptiles, including those brought back from South America by Darwin. He coined the name ‘ dinosaur ’, and reconstructed fossil reptiles such as Iguanodon .
Sir Richard Owen (July 20, 1804 – December 18, 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist, and paleontologist. Owen is renowned as the person who coined the term dinosaur , but he had numerous scientific accomplishments, particularly in the area of vertebrate anatomy and paleontology, where he was the preeminent authority following ...
Discover how whales were at the heart of Richard Owen's original proposal for a museum of natural history in Britain. The founding of the Natural History Museum in London can be traced back to the ambition of one man: Sir Richard Owen. Born in 1804 in Lancaster, Owen was a divisive figure in Victorian science.
Sir Richard Owen KCB FRMS FRS (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils.
Richard Owen (b. 1804–d. 1892), best known for his skills in comparative anatomy, was one of 19th-century Britain’s most celebrated naturalists. Owen coined the term “dinosaur” to describe a series of British fossil reptiles, but, in his own lifetime, he was better known for work on other strange specimens (both extant and extinct ...
Dec 24, 2009 · Book Review: Richard Owen: Biology Without Darwin. By Riley Black. December 24, 2009. • 4 min read. There was perhaps no Victorian naturalist so well-known and so misunderstood as Richard...
