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 Mr Owen, saying that “if the bearer, Mr R. Ruthven, a Designer of Patterns &c by profession should wish for any special facility for inspecting parts of your museum I should be glad if you could kindly afford him the favor. He is a son of a worthy collector of fossils at Kendal, much esteemed by Prof. Sedgwick and myself...”, 2 sides 8vo., British Museum, 31st May

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:  1861

Stock No:  42832      £175

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