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Sir Richard Owen KCB FRMS FRS (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils.
Feb 26, 2015 · The palaeontologist, who rose from a poor background in Lancashire to become something close to what we might consider a celebrity scientist today, went on to establish London's Natural History...
Jul 20, 1998 · Richard Owen (born July 20, 1804, Lancaster, Lancashire, England—died December 18, 1892, London) was a British anatomist and paleontologist who is remembered for his contributions to the study of fossil animals, especially dinosaurs.
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May 29, 2018 · The English zoologist Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892) was one of the greatest comparative anatomists of the 19th century. Richard Owen was born on July 20, 1804, in Lancaster, where he was apprenticed to a local surgeon in 1820.
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Learn about Richard Owen, who studied fossils such as Archaeopteryx and Darwin's South American collection. He argued against natural selection and proposed a hierarchy of species based on human intelligence.
Learn how Sir Richard Owen, a Victorian anatomist and palaeontologist, campaigned for a separate museum of natural history in London. Discover how he envisioned displaying whales, the largest animals on Earth, as the centrepiece of his vision.
Sir Richard Owen (July 20, 1804 – December 18, 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist, and paleontologist.
