Definition of Sir richard owen

1. Noun. English comparative anatomist and paleontologist who was an opponent of Darwinism (1804-1892).


Lexicographical Neighbors of Sir Richard Owen

Sir Matthew Flinders
Sir Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Noel Pierce Coward
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge
Sir Oliver Lodge
Sir Patrick Manson
Sir Paul Gavrilovich Vinogradoff
Sir Peter Brian Medawar
Sir Peter Paul Rubens
Sir Peter Ustinov
Sir Philip Sidney
Sir Ralph David Richardson
Sir Rex Harrison
Sir Richard Burton
Sir Richard Francis Burton
Sir Richard Owen
Sir Richrd Steele
Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Robinson
Sir Robert Walpole
Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister
Sir Ronald Ross
Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Sir Seretse Khama
Sir Stephen Harold Spender
Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan
Sir Thomas Gresham
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Sir Thomas Malory

Literary usage of Sir richard owen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Travel and Talk, 1885-93-95: My Hundred Thousand Miles of Travel Through by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1896)
"... a scientific cicerone who might well be compared to the late erudite and eloquent sir richard owen or the clear and facile Professor Sir William Flower. ..."

2. Travel and Talk, 1885-93-95: My Hundred Thousand Miles of Travel Through by Hugh Reginald Haweis (1897)
"... a scientific cicerone who might well be compared to the late erudite and eloquent sir richard owen or the clear and facile Professor Sir William Flower. ..."

3. Middle Temple Table Talk: With Some Talk about the Table Itself by William George Thorpe (1895)
"... baby —The parish clerk and the salmon—How to get into a closed hotel—Sir Richard Owen—County Court Judges shouldn't travel third class—Science in beer. ..."

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