Brief Description:
A two-volume biography from 1894 of the brilliant anatomist who founded the Natural History Museum, but opposed Darwin's evolutionary theory.

Table of Contents:
Volume 1: Preface; 1. 1804-24. Parentage; 2. 1824-33. Edinburgh University; 3. 1833-6. Eton in 1833; 4. 1837-8. Hunterian Professor and Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the College of Surgeons, 1837; 5. 1839-40. Foundation of the Microscopical Society; 6. 1841-2. Hunterian Lectures; 7. 1843-4. Further evidence of the existence of the 'Dinoris'; 8. Owen's opinion of the 'Vestiges of Creation'; 9. 1846-7. Owen's proposal of a national collection of fossil and recent comparative anatomy; 10. 1848-9. 'The Archetype and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton', 1848; 11. 1850-1. The Megatherium; 12. 1852-3. Delight in country life. Volume 2: 1. 1855-6. The Phoenix; 2. 1856-81. Owen's scheme for a Natural History Museum; 3. Lecturer on palaeontology; 4. 1860-1. Natural history lectures at Buckingham Palace; 5. 1862-4. Jenny Lind; 6. 1865-8. Social life; 7. 1869-71. First visit to Egypt, 1869; 8. 1872-82. Third visit to Egypt, 1873; 9. 1883-92. 'Notes on birds in my garden'; Owen's position in the history of anatomical science T. H. Huxley; Bibliography; List of Honorary Distinctions; Index.