Richard Owen

(1804-1892)



A selected bibliography of references
(works written by Richard Owen himself or works on Richard Owen by other authors):


BRANAGAN, D. (1992): Richard Owen, Thomas Mitchell and Australasian science: A commemorative symposium. - Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 125(3/4): 93-94. Macquarie Centre.

BRANAGAN, D. (1992): Richard Owen in the antipodean context (A review). - Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 125(3/4): 95-102. Macquarie Centre.

DESMOND, A. (1982): Archetypes and Ancestors: Palaeontology in Victorian London, 1850-1875. Blond & Briggs Ltd. London.

GOULD, S. J. (1986a): The Archaeopteryx flap. - Natural History, 95(9): 16, 18-20, 22, 25. New York.

GOULD, S. J. (1986b): Archetype and adaptation. - Natural History, 95(10): 16, 18, 20, 22, 26-27. New York.

MIVART, ST. G. (1893): Sir Richard Owen's hypotheses. - Natural Science, 2: 18-23. London.

OWEN, R. (1835): On the osteology of the chimpanzee and orang-utan. - Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 1: 343-379. London.

OWEN, R. (1840-45): Odontography, 2 Vols, Hippolyte Bailliere. London.

OWEN, R. (1843): Lectures on the Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of the Invertebrate Animals, delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons in 1843, Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, London.

OWEN, R. (1846a): A History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds, J. van Voorst. London.

OWEN, R. (1846b): Report on the archetype and homologies of the vertebrate skeleton, p. 169-340. In: Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Southhampton Meeting.

OWEN, R. (1848): On the Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton, J. van Voorst. London.

OWEN, R. (1849a): On the Nature of Limbs, J. van Voorst. London.

OWEN, R. (1849b): Osteological contributions to the natural history of the chimpanzees (Troglodytes, Geoffroy), including the descriptions of the skull of a large species (Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage) discovered by Thomas S. Savage, MD in the Gaboon Country, West Africa. - Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 3: 381-422. London.

OWEN, R. (1849c): On Parthenogenesis, or the Successive Production of Procreating Individuals from a Single Ovum, J. van Voorst. London.

OWEN, R. (1851): Lyell - on life and successive development. - Quaterly Review, 89: 412-451.

OWEN, R. (1854a): Geology and Inhabitants of the Ancient World, Bradbury & Evans. London.

OWEN, R. (1854b): Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Reptilia and Pisces Contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, Taylor & Francis. London.

OWEN, R. (1857): On the affinities of the Stereognathus Ooliticus (Charlesworth), a mammal from the Oolitic Slate of Stonesfield. - Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society, 13: 1-11. London.

OWEN, R. (1860a): Darwin on the origin of species. - Edinburgh Review, 111: 487-532. Edinburgh.

OWEN, R. (1860b): Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations, 420 pp., Adam and Charles Black. Edinburgh.

OWEN, R. (1861a): Palaeontology, or a Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations, 2nd Ed., Adam and Charles Black. Edinburgh.

OWEN, R. (1861b): The gorilla and the negro. - Athenaeum, 23 March, 395-396.

OWEN, R. (1863a): On the Archaeopteryx of von Meyer, with a description of the fossil remains of a long-tailed species, from the Lithographic Slate of Solenhofen. - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1863: 33-47. London.

OWEN, R. (1863b): Ape-origin of man as tested by the brain. - Athenaeum, 21 February, 262-263.

OWEN, R. (1863c): Monograph on the Aye-Aye, Taylor & Francis. London.

OWEN, R. (1864): Instances of the power of God as manifested in his animal creation, p. 1-35. In: Lectures Delivered Before the Young Men's Christian Association, Simpkin & Marshall. London.

OWEN, R. (1866): The Anatomy of Vertebrates, Vol. 1: Fishes and Reptiles, Longmans, Green, and Co., London.

OWEN, R. (1866): The Anatomy of Vertebrates, Vol. 2: Birds and Mammals, Longmans, Green, and Co., London.

OWEN, R. (1868): The Anatomy of Vertebrates, Vol. 3: Mammals, Longmans, Green, and Co., London.

OWEN, R. (1869): Monograph of the Fossil Reptilia of the Liassic Formations, The Palaeontographical Society. London.

OWEN, R. (1871): Monograph of the Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic Formations, The Palaeontographical Society. London.

OWEN, R. (1872-1889): Monograph of the Fossil Reptilia of the Wealden and Purbeck Formations, The Palaeontographical Society. London.

OWEN, R. (1874-1889): Monograph of the Fossil Reptilia of the Mesozoic Formations, The Palaeontographical Society. London.

OWEN, R. (1873): Description of the skull of a dentigerous bird (Odontopteryx tollapicus, Ow.) from the London Clay of Sheppey. - Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society, 29(4): 511-522. London.

OWEN, R. (1876a): Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia of South Africa, Taylor & Francis. London.

OWEN, R. (1876b): On a new modification of Dinosaurian vertebrae. - Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society, 32: 43-46. London.

OWEN, R. (1876c): Evidence of a carnivorous reptile (Cynodraco Major, Ow.) about the size of a lion, with remarks thereon. - Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society, 32: 95-101. London.

OWEN, R. (1878): On the influence of the advent of a higher form of life in modifying the structure of an older and lower form. - Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society, 34: 421-430. London.

OWEN, R. (1879): On the association of dwarf crocodiles (Nannosuchus and Theriosuchus pusillus, e.g.) with the diminutive mammals of the Purbeck Shales. - Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society, 35: 148-155. London.

OWEN, R. (1880): Description of parts of the skeleton of an anomodont reptile (Platypodosaurus Robustus, Ow.) from the Trias of Graaf Reinet, S. Africa. - Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society, 36: 414-425. London.

OWEN, R. (1881): On the order of Theriodontia, with a description of a new genus and species (Aelurosaurus Felinus, Ow.). - Quaterly Journal of the Geological Society, 37: 261-265. London.

OWEN, R. S. (1894): The Life of Richard Owen, 2 Vols., John Murray. London.

PLAYER, A. (1992): Julian Tenison Woods, Richard Owen and ancient Australia. - Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 125(3/4): 107-110. Macquarie Centre.

RUPKE, N. (1992): Richard Owen and the Victorian museum movement. - Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 125(3/4): 133-136. Macquarie Centre.

RUPKE, N. A. (1994): Richard Owen: Victorian Naturalist, Yale University Press. New Haven.

SLOAN, Ph. R. (1991): Richard Owen's Hunterian Lectures 2 May - 4 June, 1837, University of Chicago Press, Chicago; Natural History Museum, London.
 


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