Art Resource - AR924419

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'A Scientific Institution. During ye Lecture of an Eminent 'Savan'', 1849. Richard Owen (1804-1892) British naturalist and anatomist, giving a Friday Evening Discourse on fossils at the Royal Institution, London. Owen made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology. He was responsible for first coining the word dinosaur (terrible lizard) in 1841 for the fossilized reptiles that had been discovered. Owen was opposed to Darwin's theories, believing that natural selection was insufficient to explain evolution. Cartoon from Punch. (London, 1849).

Unique Identifier AR924419

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 4898px × 3566px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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