You have been acquitted by a Limerick jury, and you may now leave the dock without any other stain upon your character.
Richard Owen Quotes
The powers, aspirations, and mission of man are such as to raise the study of his origin and nature, inevitably and by the very necessity of the case, from the mere physiological to the psychological stage of scientific operations.
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| Birth: | 20th July, 1804 |
| Death: | 18th December, 1892 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Biologist, Paleontologist |
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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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