Owen, Richard 1804-1892

Overview

Works:	1,088 works in 2,181 publications in 3 languages and 14,898 library holdings
Genres:	Classification Biography Terminology History
Roles:	Author, Editor, Former owner, Annotator, Author of introduction, Correspondent, Inscriber
Classifications:	Q111, 617.612

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Most widely held works about Richard Owen

Terrible lizard : the first dinosaur hunters and the birth of a new science by Deborah Cadbury( Book )
Richard Owen : Victorian naturalist by Nicolaas A Rupke( Book )
Owen's ape & Darwin's bulldog : beyond Darwinism and creationism by Christopher Ernest Cosans( Book )
The life of Richard Owen by Richard Owen( Book )
Richard Owen : biology without Darwin by Nicolaas A Rupke( Book )

Moa : the dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird by Richard Wolfe( Book )
The monsters emerge( Visual )
Richard Owen commemoration : three studies by Jacob W Gruber( Book )
The dinosaur hunters : a story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world by Deborah Cadbury( Book )
Discovering dinosaurs by Valerie Wilding( Book )
The life of Richard Owen by his grandson. With the scientific portions revised by C. Davies Sherborn, and an essay on Owen's position in anatomical science by T. H. Huxley by Richard Owen( Book )
The dinosaur hunters : a true story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world by Deborah Cadbury( Book )
Dinosaurier Reise zu den Urzeitriesen by Maja Nielsen( Book )
The coward science; our answer to Prof. Owen by Charles Adams( Book )
The monster emerges( Visual )
Conservators of the Hunterian Museum by Jessie Dobson( Book )
Hunter and the stag : a reply to Professor Owen from the scientific point of view by Charles Adams( Book )
The life of Richard Owen by Richard Owen( Book )
The principal forms of the skeleton and of the teeth by Richard Owen( Book )
The life of Richard Owen : With the scientific portions rev. by C. Davies Sherborn. Also an essay on Owen's position in anatomical science by T.H. Huxley. Portr. and illustr by Richard Owen( )

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Most widely held works by Richard Owen

Palaeontology or A systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations by Richard Owen( Book )

51 editions published between 1846 and 2009 in English and Undetermined and held by 467 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a contemporary of Darwin, and like him, attended the University of Edinburgh medical school but left without completing his training. His career as an outstanding palaeontologist began when he was cataloguing the Hunterian Collection of human and animal anatomical specimens which had passed to the Royal College of Surgeons in London. His public lectures on anatomy were attended by Darwin, and he was entrusted with the classification and description of the fossil vertebrates sent back by Darwin from the Beagle voyage. He was responsible for coining many of the terms now used in anatomy and evolutionary biology, including the word 'dinosaur'. Palaeontology (published in 1860) defines, describes and classifies all the fossil animal forms then known, and discusses the origin of species, commenting on the theories of Buffon, Lamarck, the then anonymous author of Vestiges of Creation, Wallace and Darwin

Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals, delivered at the Royal college of surgeons, in 1843 by Richard Owen( Book )

30 editions published between 1843 and 1971 in English and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of British fossil mammals, and birds by Richard Owen( Book )

32 editions published between 1846 and 2011 in English and held by 300 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richard Owen (1804-92) was a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. During his medical studies in Edinburgh and London, he grew interested in anatomical research and, after qualifying as a surgeon, became assistant conservator in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, and then superintendent of natural history in the British Museum. He became an authority on comparative anatomy and palaeontology, coining the term 'dinosaur' and founding the Natural History Museum. He was also a critic of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, and engaged in a long and bitter argument with Thomas Huxley, known as 'Darwin's bulldog' for his belligerent support of the theory. Published in 1846, this is Owen's comparative anatomical analysis of the fossils of British birds and mammals. It compares living species with extinct ones, and explains the characteristics that help identification, using 237 woodcut illustrations to show the traits of different species

On the anatomy of vertebrates by Richard Owen( Book )

11 editions published between 1866 and 1984 in English and held by 294 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Hunterian lectures in comparative anatomy, May and June 1837 by Richard Owen( Book )

8 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 241 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Essays and observations on natural history, anatomy, physiology, psychology, and geology by John Hunter( Book )

15 editions published between 1861 and 1988 in English and held by 226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A journey to Ashango-Land : and further penetration into equatorial Africa by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu( Book )

14 editions published between 1867 and 1874 in English and French and held by 218 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The last of the Arctic voyages : being a narrative of the expedition in H.M.S. Assistance under the command of Captian Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in search of Sir John Franklin during the years 1852-53-54 by Edward Belcher( Book )

22 editions published in 1855 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the experienced Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) was put in command of an expedition in 1845 to search for the elusive North-West Passage he had the backing of the Admiralty and was equipped with two specially-adapted ships and a three-year supply of provisions. Franklin was last seen by whalers in Baffin Bay in July 1845. When the expedition failed to return in 1848, enormous resources were mobilised to try to discover its fate. In 1852 H.M.S. 'Assistance' was sent to lead another search mission. It was captained by Edward Belcher (1799-1877), who eventually took the decision to abandon four ships in the pack-ice. He recounts his unsuccessful adventure, defending his actions against critics

On the classification and geographical distribution of the Mammalia, being a lecture on Sir Robert Reade's foundation, delivered before the University of Cambridge ... May 10, 1859. To which is added an appendix "On the gorilla," and "On the extinction and transmutation of species." by Richard Owen( Book )

31 editions published between 1859 and 2015 in English and held by 210 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

English anatomist and biologist Richard Owen (1804-92), who in 1842 coined the word 'dinosaur', published this book in 1859, the year of On the Origin of Species. He reviews ancient and recent studies of mammals in Western science before going on to present his own updated categorisation of the class. Owen's eye for detail and range of scholarship are evident in this work, which is an extensive catalogue of mammals based on biological, geographical and anatomical characteristics. It incorporates, among other things, detailed classifications and sub-classifications of genus based on dental structures, food habits and cerebra. Owen's prose is lucid and precise and his investigations scrupulous, demonstrating the commitment that led him to become one of the foremost anatomists of his time. An appendix reveals Owen's views on the hotly debated theories of transmutation and extinction proposed by scientists such as Lamarck, Lyell and Darwin

Odontography; or, A treatise on the comparative anatomy of the teeth; their physiological relations, mode of development, and microscopic structure, in the vertebrate animals by Richard Owen( Book )

31 editions published in 1840 in English and Undetermined and held by 206 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Owen's first large-scale original work covered the whole range of the toothed vertebrates living and fossil, and discussed in detail the microscopic structure of the teeth and the physiology of dentition. Includes 168 plates"--Morton's medical bibliography, no.3681.1, 5th ed

Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with observations on the osteology, natural affinities, and probable habits of the megatherioid quadrupeds in general by Richard Owen( Book )

10 editions published between 1842 and 1985 in English and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the nature of limbs : a discourse by Richard Owen( Book )

12 editions published between 1849 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The most prominent naturalist in Britain before Charles Darwin, Richard Owen made empirical discoveries and offered theoretical innovations that were crucial to the proof of evolution. Among his many lasting contributions to science was the first clear definition of the term homology--"the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function." He also graphically demonstrated that all vertebrate species were built on the same skeletal plan and devised the vertebrate archetype as a representation of the simplest common form of all vertebrates. Just as Darwin's ideas continue

The principal forms of the skeleton and of the teeth by Richard Owen( Book )

23 editions published between 1854 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On the archetype and homologies of the vertebrate skeleton by Richard Owen( Book )

16 editions published between 1848 and 2013 in English and held by 136 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of British fossil reptiles by Richard Owen( Book )

16 editions published between 1849 and 2015 in English and held by 132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Memoir on the gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage) by Richard Owen( Book )

11 editions published between 1865 and 1971 in English and Undetermined and held by 110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy : inclusive of several papers from the Philosophical transactions, etc. by John Hunter( Book )

10 editions published between 1837 and 1841 in English and held by 99 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage : compiled from the collections and notes made by Captain Beechey, the officers and naturalists of the expedition, during a voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Straits performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F.W. Beechey ... in the years 1825, 26, 27 and 28 by John Richardson( Book )

2 editions published in 1839 in English and held by 33 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836. : Published with the approval of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury. by Charles Darwin( Book )

11 editions published between 1986 and 1994 in English and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The industrial colleges. The nature of the education to be given in them; their several kinds and courses of instruction considered by Lewis Bollman( Book )

3 editions published in 1864 in English and held by 16 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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