Author:Richard Owen (1804-1892)

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Kt.; British biologist, comparative anatomist, palaeontologist

This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "R. O."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "R. O."

Works

Memoir on the Pearly Nautilus (1832) (external scan)
The zoology of Captain Beechey's voyage. with others. 1839 (external scan)
Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic Sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen, with observations on Megatherioid quadrupeds in general, 1842 (external scan)
Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals, 1843 (external scan)
Odontography (1840–1845) vol 1, vol 2
Report on the state of Lancaster, 1845 (external scan)
On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton (1847) (external scan)
History of British Fossil Reptiles 1846, (external scan)
On the Nature of Limbs (1849) (external scan)
On parthenogenesis, 1849 (external scan)
On metamorphosis and metagenesis, 1851 (external scan)
A monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Cretaceous formations, 1851 (external scan)
On the raw materials from the animal kingdom, displayed in the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1852 (external scan)
Monograph on the fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck formations, 1853 (external scan)
The principal forms of the skeleton and of the teeth, 1854 (external scan)
Key to the geology of the globe, 1857 (external scan)
On the classification and geographical distribution of the Mammalia, 1859 (external scan)
Palæontology or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations (1860) 2nd Ed
On the fossil mammals of Australia, 1859. Part 1-3, Part 6-7, other parts
On the extent and aims of a national museum of natural history, 1862 (external scan)
Memoir on the gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla, savage). 1865 (external scan)
Archaeopteryx (1863)
Anatomy of Vertebrates (1866)
- Volume I, Fishes and Reptiles (external scan)
- Volume II, Birds and Mammals (external scan)
- Volume III, Mammals (external scan)
Monograph of the Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic Formations (1871) (external scan)
Anatomy of the king crab (Limulus polyphemus, Latr.), 1873 (external scan)
Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of South Africa (1876)
Antiquity of Man as deduced from the Discovery of a Human Skeleton during Excavations of the Docks at Tilbury (1884)
"Oken, Lorenz," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
British Fossil Mammals and Birds

Articles in The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London

"Description of the Skull of a Dentigerous Bird" in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 29 (1873), pp. 511–522
"Evidence of a carnivorous Reptile (Cynodraco major, Ow.) about the size of a Lion, with Remarks thereon" in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 32 (1876), pp. 95–102
"On Argillornis longipennis, Ow., a large Bird of flight, from the Eocene Clay of Sheppey" in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 34 (1878), pp. 124–130
"On the Association of Dwarf Crocodiles (Nannosuchus and Theriosuchus pusillus, e.g.) with the Diminutive Mammals of the Purbeck Shales" in Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 35 (1879), pp. 148–155

Works about Owen

"Professor Owen," in Cartoon portraits and biographical sketches of men of the day, by anonymous, illustrated by Frederick Waddy, London: Tinsley Brothers (1873)
"Owen, Richard," in The American Cyclopædia (1879)
"Sketch of Professor Richard Owen, F.R.S." in Popular Science Monthly, 23 (May 1883)
"Owen, (Sir) Richard," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"Owen, Richard (1804-1892)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Obituary: Richard Owen" in Popular Science Monthly, 42 (February 1893)
"Owen, Sir Richard," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Owen, in the 1912 Biographies of Scientific Men

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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