OWEN (Sir Richard, 1804-1892, anatomist and zoologist, creator of the Natural History Museum at South Kensington and inventor of the name ‘Dinosaur’)

Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent saying that he “does not know this species of Indian Bat (they are extremely numerous)... Dr Carpenter states that the hair came, which he figues on the book you mention. The subject you have taken up, if given with good figures & well ascertained species, will be extremely acceptable...”, 1 side 8vo., British Museum, 4th November

Owen was a biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils.
He always tended to support orthodox men of science and the status quo. The royal family presented him with the cottage in Richmond Park in 1852 and Robert Peel put him on the Civil List.

Item Date:  1867

Stock No:  41914      £275

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