Owen, Richard. “Forget 1492. Columbus sailed to America 7 years earlier”. Edmonton Journal, p. A1.
Richard Owen
Standard Name: Owen, Richard
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1831: The Philpot sisters—Mary, Margaret and Elizabeth...
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1831
The Philpot sisters—Mary
, Margaret
and Elizabeth
—of Lyme Regis established a fossil museum which became famous; they supplied material to such geologists as William Buckland
, Richard Owen
, and Henry de la Beche
.
1841: Richard Owen coined the term dinosaur....
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1841
Richard Owen
coined the term dinosaur.
1856: Richard Owen, a rival of Darwin and Huxley,...
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1856
Richard Owen
, a rival of Darwin
and Huxley
, was appointed superintendent of the natural history departments of the British Museum
.
29 December 1856: The custom of enclosing piano legs in fabric...
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29 December 1856
The custom of enclosing piano legs in fabric because of their indelicacy (often attributed to the Victorians) was observed by Richard Owen
as a habit of Yankees, unfamiliar to an Englishman.