Richard S. Owen

The Life of Richard Owen

With the Scientific Portions Revised by C. Davies Sherborn and an Essay on Owen's Position in Anatomical Science by Th

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Produktbeschreibung

A two-volume biography from 1894 of the brilliant anatomist who founded the Natural History Museum, but opposed Darwin's evolutionary theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 579g
• ISBN-13: 9781108037754
• ISBN-10: 1108037755
• Artikelnr.: 34448675

Inhaltsangabe

1. 1855-6. The Phoenix
2. 1856-81. Owen's scheme for a Natural History Museum
3. Lecturer on palaeontology
4. 1860-1. Natural history lectures at Buckingham Palace
5. 1862-4. Jenny Lind
6. 1865-8. Social life
7. 1869-71. First visit to Egypt, 1869
8. 1872-82. Third visit to Egypt, 1873
9. 1883-92. 'Notes on birds in my garden'
Owen's position in the history of anatomical science T. H. Huxley
Bibliography
List of honorary distinctions
Index.