Richard Owen

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Richard Owen was a 19th-century British anatomist and paleontologist best known for coining the term "Dinosauria" and for his influential work in comparative anatomy.

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Richard Owen canonical 28
Sir Richard Owen 1

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instanceOf British scientist ⓘ
anatomist ⓘ
comparative anatomist ⓘ
human ⓘ
paleontologist ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
Wollaston Medal ⓘ
birthDate 1804-07-20 ⓘ
birthPlace Lancaster, Lancashire, England ⓘ
linked to: Lancaster, England
burialPlace Ham, London, England ⓘ
linked to: Ham, London
child William Owen ⓘ
coinedTerm Dinosauria ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1892-12-18 ⓘ
educatedAt St Bartholomew's Hospital, London ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer British Museum ⓘ
Royal College of Surgeons of England ⓘ
familyName Owen ⓘ
fieldOfWork anatomy ⓘ
comparative anatomy ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
givenName Richard ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
influenced development of vertebrate paleontology ⓘ
museum-based natural history in Britain ⓘ
knownFor coining the term "Dinosauria" ⓘ
descriptions of extinct reptiles and mammals ⓘ
founding the Natural History Museum in London ⓘ
work in comparative anatomy ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
name Richard Owen ⓘ
notableStudent Thomas Henry Huxley ⓘ
notableWork History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds ⓘ
Odontography ⓘ
On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton ⓘ
occupation museum curator ⓘ
surgeon ⓘ
opposed Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the Natural History Museum, London ⓘ
Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology ⓘ
Superintendent of the natural history departments of the British Museum ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
spouse Caroline Amelia Clift ⓘ
theory concept of homology in comparative anatomy ⓘ

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Georges Cuvier → influenced → Richard Owen ⓘ
Owen → isUsedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Lasiorhinus latifrons → describedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Palorchestes → namedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Palorchestes → taxonAuthor → Richard Owen ⓘ
Richard Owen → name → Richard Owen ⓘ
Diprotodon → describedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Crystal Palace Dinosaurs → conceptBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Irrawaddy dolphin → describedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Lystrosaurus → firstDescribedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Thylacoleo carnifex → describedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
coining the term "Dinosauria" → performedBy → Sir Richard Owen ⓘ
linked to: Richard Owen
Odontography → author → Richard Owen ⓘ
Odontography → relatedTo → Richard Owen ⓘ
Caroline Amelia Clift → spouse → Richard Owen ⓘ
William Owen → father → Richard Owen ⓘ
William Owen → notableFamilyMember → Richard Owen ⓘ
William Owen → relative → Richard Owen ⓘ
Gideon Mantell → contemporaryOf → Richard Owen ⓘ
Labyrinthodon → describedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Dicynodon → namedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ
Hyracotherium → namedBy → Richard Owen ⓘ