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Richard Owen
Born: July 20, 1804
Died: December 18, 1892 (aged 88)
Bio: Sir Richard Owen was an English 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.
Known for:
- On the Nature of Limbs (1849)
- On the anatomy of vertebrates .. (1863)