Sir Richard Owen

(1804-1892)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 NRA: Owen, Sir Richard (1804-1892), Knight, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist DNB: Owen, Sir Richard (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist LBT ID: RiOwen1892 VIAF ID: 64089233 LOC ID: n80004117	B/BAP: 1804-07-20 DIED: 1892-12-18
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Educated at Edinburgh University, he was Hunterian professor of comparative anatomy and physiology (1836) and superintendent of the natural history departments of the British Museum (1856).