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Owen, Richard 1804-1892

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Works:766 works in 1,079 publications in 6 languages and 9,371 library holdings
Genres:Manuscripts, English 
Roles:Editor, Compiler
Classifications:q111, 591.4
Most widely held works about Richard Owen
 
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On the anatomy of vertebrates by Richard Owen( Book )
14 editions published between 1866 and 1984 in English and held by 322 libraries worldwide
Palaeontology or A systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations by Richard Owen( Book )
12 editions published between 1846 and 2007 in English and held by 263 libraries worldwide
A history of British fossil mammals, and birds by Richard Owen( Book )
6 editions published between 1846 and 1976 in English and held by 234 libraries worldwide
The Hunterian lectures in comparative anatomy, May and June 1837 by Richard Owen( Book )
3 editions published between 1991 and 1992 in English and held by 209 libraries worldwide
On the nature of limbs : a discourse by Richard Owen( Book )
4 editions published between 1849 and 2007 in English and held by 205 libraries worldwide
The most prominent naturalist in Britain before Charles Darwin, Richard Owen made empirical discoveries and offered theoretical innovations that were crucial to the proof of evolution. Among his many lasting contributions to science was the first clear definition of the term homology--"the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function." He also graphically demonstrated that all vertebrate species were built on the same skeletal plan and devised the vertebrate archetype as a representation of the simplest common form of all vertebrates. Just as Darwin's ideas continue.
Essays and observations on natural history, anatomy, physiology, psychology, and geology by John Hunter( Book )
7 editions published between 1861 and 1969 in English and held by 201 libraries worldwide
A journey to Ashango-Land : and further penetration into equatorial Africa by Paul Belloni Du Chaillu( Book )
11 editions published between 1867 and 1871 in English and French and held by 172 libraries worldwide
Odontography; or, A treatise on the comparative anatomy of the teeth; their physiological relations, mode of development, and microscopic structure, in the vertebrate animals by Richard Owen( Book )
in English and held by 159 libraries worldwide
Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals, delivered at the Royal college of surgeons, in 1843 by Richard Owen( Book )
4 editions published in 1843 in English and held by 146 libraries worldwide
On the archetype and homologies of the vertebrate skeleton by Richard Owen( Book )
3 editions published in 1848 in English and held by 122 libraries worldwide
A history of British fossil reptiles by Richard Owen( Book )
in English and held by 116 libraries worldwide
The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, during the years 1832-1836( Book )
2 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 115 libraries worldwide
Memoir on the gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage) by Richard Owen( Book )
4 editions published in 1865 in English and held by 101 libraries worldwide
On the classification and geographical distribution of the Mammalia, being a lecture on Sir Robert Reade's foundation, delivered before the University of Cambridge ... May 10, 1859. To which is added an appendix "On the gorilla," and "On the extinction and transmutation of species by Richard Owen( Book )
5 editions published in 1859 in English and held by 94 libraries worldwide
Description of the skeleton of an extinct gigantic sloth, Mylodon robustus, Owen : with observations on the osteology, natural affinities, and probable habits of the megatherioid quadrupeds in general by Richard Owen( Book )
2 editions published in 1842 in English and held by 93 libraries worldwide
On the classification and geographical distribution of the mammalia being the lecture on Sir Robert Reade's foundation, delivered before the University of Cambridge, in the Senate-House, May 10, 1859 : to which is added an appendix, "On the gorilla," and "On the extinction and transmutation of species by Richard Owen( Book )
8 editions published between 1859 and 2009 in English and held by 87 libraries worldwide
@Cambridge Library Collection.
Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy : inclusive of several papers from the Philosophical transactions, etc by John Hunter( Book )
6 editions published between 1837 and 1841 in English and held by 84 libraries worldwide
Lectures on the comparative anatomy and physiology of the invertebrate animals by Richard Owen( Book )
2 editions published between 1843 and 1855 in English and held by 80 libraries worldwide
Leicester square; its associations and its worthies by Tom Taylor( Book )
4 editions published in 1874 in English and held by 80 libraries worldwide
The principal forms of the skeleton and of the teeth by Richard Owen( Book )
5 editions published between 1854 and 2000 in English and held by 78 libraries worldwide
 
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Palaeontology or A systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations
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Owen, Rich. 1804-1892
Owen, Richard, Sir
Owen, Richard, Sir, 1804-1892
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Richard Owen : Victorian naturalistMoa : the dramatic story of the discovery of a giant bird
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