Richard Owen
1804-1892
British paleontologist who studied many important fossils, including Charles Darwin's South American collection and the Jurassic age Archaeopteryx. Owen was passionate ab...
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Owen, Sir Richard (1804-1892)
English biologist
Sir Richard Owen was a comparative anatomist, paleontologist, and zoologist who originated the term "dinosaurus." After insisting that a g...
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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 ...
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Sir Richard Owen was a comparative anatomist, paleontologist, and zoologist. He was the Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, from 1836 to...
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BP PLC recently agreed to pay millions in federal criminal fines over a 2006 oil spill in the nation's largest oil field, but state officials said Wednesday they are building a case to pursue their...
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