Richard Owen

A biography of the provocative nineteenth-century English naturalist.

Brilliant, hard-working, and immensely productive, the naturalist Richard Owen was a great ambassador for science and played an outsized role in shaping London's Natural History Museum. Still, Owen was a provocative bully, accused of plagiarism, and the only man Charles Darwin claimed to hate since Owen staunchly opposed his ideas about natural selection despite sharing similar views himself. This biography gives an account of Owen's life and work and offers some speculation about the reasons behind his controversial behavior and strained relationships.

About the author

Patrick Armstrong taught geography and ecology at the University of Western Australia for 28 years. He has written widely on the life and work of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, and is the author of Alfred Russel Wallace (Reaktion, 2019).

Summary

A new account of the brilliant and influential yet combative naturalist Richard Owen.

Product details

• Authors: Patrick Armstrong, Patrick H. Armstrong, Armstrong Patrick H.
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781789147629
• ISBN: 978-1-78914-762-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Series: Critical Lives
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Science & Technology, Biography: science, technology & medicine, Biography: science, technology and medicine