{"product_id":"the-life-of-richard-owen-2-volume-set-with-the-scientific-portions-revised-by-c-davies-sherborn-and-an-essay-on-owens-position-in-anatomical-science-by-cambridge-library-collection-zoology","title":"The Life of Richard Owen 2 Volume Set: With the Scientific Portions Revised by C. Davies Sherborn and an Essay on Owen's Position in Anatomical Science by (Cambridge Library Collection - Zoology)","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrief Description\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA two-volume biography from 1894 of the brilliant anatomist who founded the Natural History Museum, but opposed Darwin's evolutionary theory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVolume 1: 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. Volume 2: 1. 1855-6. The Phoenix; 2. 1856-81. Owen's scheme for a Natural History Museum; 3. Lecturer on palaeontology; 4. 1860-1. Natural history lectures at Buckingham Palace; 5. 1862-4. Jenny Lind; 6. 1865-8. Social life; 7. 1869-71. First visit to Egypt, 1869; 8. 1872-82. Third visit to Egypt, 1873; 9. 1883-92. 'Notes on birds in my garden'; Owen's position in the history of anatomical science T. H. Huxley; Bibliography; List of Honorary Distinctions; Index.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47448711594115,"sku":"9781108037761","price":141.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0564\/6830\/8099\/files\/9781108037761.jpg?v=1783318039","url":"https:\/\/sebink.com\/products\/the-life-of-richard-owen-2-volume-set-with-the-scientific-portions-revised-by-c-davies-sherborn-and-an-essay-on-owens-position-in-anatomical-science-by-cambridge-library-collection-zoology","provider":"Sebink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}