SIR RICHARD OWEN
\sˌɜː ɹˈɪt͡ʃəd ˈə͡ʊən], \sˌɜː ɹˈɪtʃəd ˈəʊən], \s_ˌɜː ɹ_ˈɪ_tʃ_ə_d ˈəʊ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SIR RICHARD OWEN
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- 1910 - Warner's dictionary of authors ancient and modern
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An English naturalist, lecturer and author; born in Lancaster, England, July 20, 1804. Among his enormous contributions to scientific literature are "Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Invertebrate Animals" (1843); "Odontography" (1845); "The Archetypes and Homologies of the Vertebrate System" (1848); "Nature of Limbs" (1849); "Paleontology" (1861). He died at Surrey, England, Dec. 18, 1892.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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