DINOSAUR

[Sir Richard Owen, palaeontologist who coined the term ‘Dinosaur’, first Director of Natural History Museum, London.] Autograph Signature cut from document.

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Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), biologist, comparative anatomist, paleontologist, first Director of Natural History Museum, opponent of Charles Darwin
Owen
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£45.00
Owen

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. A small item whose size lends it a certain charm. Simply the signature 'Rd. Owen.', on 4 x 1.5 cm piece of paper. In good condition, lightly aged, laid down on piece of grey paper torn from an album. See Image

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[Sir Richard Owen, palaeontologist who coined the term ‘Dinosaur’, first Director of Natural History Museum, London.] Autograph Signature and address to William Gregson of the Temple.

Author: 
Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892), palaeontologist who coined the term ‘Dinosaur’, first Director of Natural History Museum, London, opponent Darwin and Huxley and the theory of evolution
Owen
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Without date or place.
£56.00
Owen

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 9 x 5.5 cm rectangle cut from front of envelope. In good condition, lightly aged, laid down on part of leaf from album, with the following in a contemporary hand: ‘R. Owen. the naturalist’. Light postmarking over address. Reads as follows: ‘Wm. Gregson, Esq: / 2 Tanfield Court, / Temple.’ Small signature at bottom left: ‘R. Owen.’ See image.

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