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A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent 'Savan', 1849. Artist: Richard Doyle

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'A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent 'Savan'', 1849. Richard Owen (1804-1892) British naturalist and anatomist, giving a Friday Evening Discourse on fossils at the Royal Institution, London. Owen made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology. He was responsible for first coining the word dinosaur (terrible lizard) in 1841 for the fossilized reptiles that had been discovered. Owen was opposed to Darwin's theories, believing that natural selection was insufficient to explain evolution. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 1849).
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1849

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Photo12/Heritage Images

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HRM19B65_185

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Non

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (3,3Mo) / 41,5cm x 30,2cm / 4898 x 3566 (300dpi)

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