The Life of Richard Owen : With the Scientific Portions Revised by C. Davies Sherborn and an Essay on Owen's Position in Anatomical Science by the Rig (Paperback)

Preface; 1. 1804?24. Parentage; 2. 1824?33. Edinburgh University; 3. 1833?6. Eton in 1833; 4. 1837?8. Hunterian Professor and Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the College of Surgeons, 1837; 5. 1839?40. Foundation of the Microscopical Society; 6. 1841?2. Hunterian Lectures; 7. 1843?4. Further evidence of the existence of the 'Dinoris'; 8. Owen's opinion of the 'Vestiges of Creation'; 9. 1846?7. Owen's proposal of a national collection of fossil and recent comparative anatomy; 10. 1848?9. 'The Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton', 1848; 11. 1850?1. The Megatherium; 12. 1852?3. Delight in country life.