You have been acquitted by a Limerick jury, and you may now leave the dock without any other stain upon your character.
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But, as we have before been led to remark, most of Mr. Darwin's statements elude, by their vagueness and incompleteness, the test of Natural History facts.
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Birth: | 20th July, 1804 |
Death: | 18th December, 1892 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Biologist, Paleontologist |
Sir Richard Owen, FRS KCB was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Owen is probably best remembered today for coining the word Dinosauria and for his outspoken opposition to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
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