Biographical entry Owen, Richard (1804 - 1892)

Summary

(Sir) Richard Owen was the first Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, Royal College of Surgeons, London 1836-56. He did pioneer work on parthenogenesis and opposed Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.

Archival resources

Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Richard Owen - Records, 1880 - 1885, ML MSS 1066; Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Royal Society of Tasmania

• Richard Owen - Records, 1857, Ms 104/2; Royal Society of Tasmania. Details

Published resources

Journal Articles

• Moyal, Ann Mozley, 'Sir Richard Owen and His Influence on Australian Zoological and Palaeontological Science', Records of the Australian Academy of Science, vol. 3, no. 2, 1976, pp. 41-56. Also available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/HR9760320041.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Owen, Richard', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-940739. Details

See also

• Newland, Elizabeth, 'Dr George Bennett and Sir Richard Owen: a Case Study of the Colonisation of Early Australian Science', in R. W. Home and Sally Gregory Kohlstedt (eds), International Science and National Scientific Identity: Australia between Britain and America, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht, 1991. Details