Volume 1

The life of Richard Owen / by his grandson, Richard Owen ; with the scientific portions revised by C. Davies Sherborn ; also an essay on Owen's position in anatomical science by T.H. Huxley.

  • Owen, Richard (Richard Startin)
Date:
1895
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Credit: The life of Richard Owen / by his grandson, Richard Owen ; with the scientific portions revised by C. Davies Sherborn ; also an essay on Owen's position in anatomical science by T.H. Huxley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by University of Bristol Library. The original may be consulted at University of Bristol Library.

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    CONTENTS OF THK FIRST VOLUME [13] CHAPTER VIII 1845 PAGE Owen's Opinion of the ' Vestiges of Creation '—His Descfip- tive Catalogue of Fossil Mammalia—Election to 'The Club'—Refusal of the Offer of Knighthood—Visit to Turner, the Painter—Meeting of the Italian Naturalists at Naples 248 CHAPTER IX 1846-47 Owen's Proposal of a National Collection of Fossil and Recent Comparative Anatomy—The British Association at Southampton, 1846, and at Oxford, 1847—Literary Work—The Rajah of Sarawak at 'The Club,' 1847— Member of the Commission of Sewers—Foundation of the Palaeontological Society, 1848 272 CHAPTER X 1848-49 ' The Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton,' 1848—The Cuming Shell Collection—The Great Sea Serpent—Emerson and Guizot—Literary Work and Lec- tures—Death of Mr. and Mrs. Clift, 1849—Prince Charles Lucien Bonaparte—Member of the Commission on Smithfield Market 309 CHAPTER XI 1850-51 The Megatherium—Preparations for the Great Exhibition of 1851—The Smithfield Commission—Additions to the Zoological Gardens—Juror of Awards at the Exhibition— Visit to Parisat the Invitation of the President of the