Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892) was an English biologist and
palaentologist with a special gift for interpreting fossils - he
named dinosaurs. In addition to this, he was in strict opposition
to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. After studying medicine in
Edinburgh and London, he soon became assistant curator of the
Hunterian Museum in London. In the following years, Owen identified
and labeled 13,000 human and animal anatomical specimens of the
Hunterian Collection. Also, he published a catalogue of this work.
In 1836, Owen was appointed Professor of Comparative Anatomy and
Physiology; and in 1856 he became superintendent of the natural
history department of the British Museum. All in all, he published
more than 600 scientific papers on which "History of British Fossil
Mammals and Birds" is one of his most famous works.
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