Sir Richard Owen Index: Royal Society Collection

Owen , Richard (2011) Sir Richard Owen Index: Royal Society Collection. Royal Society of Tasmania, University of Tasmania Library Special and Rare Materials Collection, Australia. (Unpublished)

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Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a famous English naturalist and surgeon. He was conservator at the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London (1827), Hunterian Professor of comparative anatomy and physiology at the Royal College of Surgeons (1836-1856), and superintendent of Natural History at the British Museum. He was also a member of a commission for inquiring into the health of the Metropolis (1847) and of one on Smithfield and other meat markets. He became F.R.S. 1834 and was awarded the K.C.B. in 1884, amongst many other honours. RS.104

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Keywords:	Tasmania, Royal Society of Tasmania, science, natural science, social history, Australia, indexes, University of Tasmania, Library, private deposits, archives, Collections, catalogue, Special, Van Diemen's Land,
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