Richard Owen
English biologist and paleontologist (1804–1892)
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Richard Owen was a 19th-century English scientist who studied both living animals and fossils, making major contributions to our understanding of prehistoric life. He is particularly famous for coining the term "dinosaur" and for his detailed anatomical work that shaped modern biology and paleontology.
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- 1804-07-20
- Died
- 1892-12-18
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- 350
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- On an embryo of ornithorrhynchus in a letter to Baron von Mueller
- Order-Pterosauria
- Description of some species of the extinct genus Nesodon, with remarks on the primary group (Toxodontia) of hoofed quadrupeds, to which that genus is referable
- Osteological contributions to the natural history of the chimpanzees (troglodytes) and oranges (pithecus)
- Inaugural address on the opening of the new philosophical hall at Leeds
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Sir Richard Owen KCB FRS FRMS (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.
Owen produced a vast array of scientific work, but is probably best remembered today for coining the word Dinosauria (meaning "Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile"). An outspoken critic of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, Owen agreed with Darwin that evolution occurred but thought it was more complex than outlined in Darwin's On the Origin of Species. Owen's approach to evolution can be considered to have anticipated the issues that have gained greater attention with the recent emergence of evolutionary developmental biology.
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1804 births1892 deaths19th-century British biologistsAlumni of the Medical College of St Bartholomew's HospitalAlumni of the University of EdinburghBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyBurials at St Andrew's Church, HamCorresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of SciencesEmployees of the Natural History Museum, LondonEnglish anatomistsEnglish biologists