Sir Richard Owen
(1804-1892), Naturalist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologistEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 35 portraits
From the mid 1830s the leading British comparative anatomist; one of the most formidable opponents of evolutionary theories, which he disputed with Huxley; superintendent of the Natural History Department of the British Museum, and designed new natural history galleries at South Kensington.
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