Richard Owen (1804-1892)

Publications about Richard Owen and his work

• Bainbridge, David. Richard Owen (1804-1892): The Anatomy of Vertebrates, 1866. In The Art of Animal Anatomy, Herbert Press, 2018, p. 152-155 [C38710]
• Gardiner, Brian G. Edward Forbes, Richard Owen and th Red Lions. In Archives of Natural History, vol. 20, pt. 3, 1993, p. 349-372 [P213]
• Ingles, Jean M. A catalogue of the Richard Owen collection : palaeontological and zoological drawings in the British Museum (Natural History). In Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Historical series, 6,5, 1979, p. 109-197. [P1510]
• Mones, Alvaro. Sobre las fechas de publication de "Fossill mammalia" (1838-1840) de Richard Owen. In Comunicaciones paleontologicas del Museo de Historia Natural, vol. 1, n° 12, 1979, p. 199-200 [P1324]
• Owen, Richard S. The life of Richard Owen. Cambridge University Press, 2 vol. 2011, [C36690]
• Padian, Kevin. The rehabilitation of Sir Richard Owen. In Bioscience, vol. 47/7, 1997, p. 446-453 [P2614]
• Torrens, Hugh S. Politics and paleontology : Richard Owen and the invention of dinosaurs. In The complete dinosaur, 2nd ed., Indiana University Press, 2012, p.25-43 [C40253]
• Wood, Stephen W. The first use of the terms "Homology" and "Analogy" in the writings of Richard Owen. In Archives of Natural History, vol. 22, pt. 2, 1995, p. 255-259 [P213]

Richard Owen's publications 

• Owen, Richard. A history of British fossil mammals and birds. Van Voorst, 1846, 560 p. [B12780] [Illustrated by 237 woodcuts]
• Owen, Richard. A monograph of the fossil reptilia of the Liassic Formations. Palaeontographical Society, 1861-1881, 2 vol. [P4082]
• Owen, Richard. Contributions to the Natural History of the Anthropoid Apes. No. VIII. On the external characters of the Gorilla (Troglodytes gorilla, Sav.). In Transactions of the Zoological Society, vol. 5, 1865, p. 243-284.  
• Owen, Richard. Description of a portion of mandible and teeth of a large extinct Kangaroo (Palorschestes crassus Ow.) from ancient fluciatile Drift, Queensland. In Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, t. XI, 1885, p. 7-10 [P4409]
• Owen, Richard. Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda (part I). In Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, t. XI, p. 131-170 [P4409]
• Owen, Richard. Description of the fossil reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, 1876, 2 vol. [D2035]
• Owen, Richard. Descriptive and illustrated catalogue of the fossil reptilia of South Africa in the collection of the British Museum. British Museum, 1876, 2 vol. [D2034/D2035]
• Owen, Richard. Essays on the conario-hypophysial tract on the aspects of the body in vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Taylor and Francis, 1883, 48 p. [C149]
• Owen, Richard. Fossil Mammalia. In The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle during the years 1832-1836, vol. 1, pt. 1, 111 p. [D1209/D4903]
• Owen, Richard. Memoir on the Gorilla (Troglodytes Gorilla, Savage). Taylor & Francis, 1865, 58 p. [D1853]
• Owen, Richard. Mémoire sur l'animal du Nautilus pompilius. In Annales des Sciences Naturelles, t. XXVIII, p. 87-158 [P4269]
• Owen, Richard. Monograph of the Fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic Formations. Palaeontographical Society, 1871, 115 p. [P4082]
• Owen, Richard. Monograph on the British fossil Cetacea from the Red Crag. Palaeontological Society, 1870-1889, 40 p. [P4082]
• Owen, Richard. Ondontography, or, A treatise on the comparative anatomy of the teeth, their physiological relations, mode of development, and microscopic structure in the vertebrate animals. Baillière, 1845, 2 vol. [C13774]
• Owen, Richard. On a new species of Chimpanzee. In Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1848, p. 27-35.[RBINS/P4408]
• Owen, Richard. On some Indian cetacea collected by Walter Elliot. In Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 6, 1869, p. 17-18 [P4409]
• Owen Richard. On the anatomy of vertebrates. Longmans, Green, 1866-1868, 3 vol. [B39989]
• Owen, Richard. On the archaeopteryx of von Meyer, with a description of the fossil remains of long-tailed species, from the lithographic stone of Solenhofen. In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 153, 1863, p. 33-47 [P]
• Owen, Richard. On the classification and geographical distribution of the mammalia, being the lecture on sir Robert Reade's Foundation, delivered before the University of Cambridge, in the Senate-House, May 10, 1859. Parker, 1859, 103 p. [B123] [ To which is added an appendix "On the gorilla" and "On the extinction and transmutation of species.]
• Owen, Richard. On the Endothiodont Reptilia, with Evidence of the Species Endothiodon uniseries, Ow. In Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, 34,140, 1879, p. 557-564. [NG93473]
• Owen, Richard. Osteological contributions to the natural history of the chimpanzees (Troglodytes, Geoffroy), including the description of the skull of a large species (Troglodytes gorilla, Savage) discovered by Thomas S. Savage, M.D. in the Gaboon country, West Africa. In Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, t. III, art. XVIII, p. 381-422. [P4409]
• Owen, Richard. Palaeontology, or,  A systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations. Black, 1860, 420 p. [B12826]
• Owen, Richard. Recherches sur la structure et la formation des dents de Squaloïdes, et application des faits observés à une nouvelle théorie du développement des dents. In Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, 2e série, t. XII, p. 209-220 [P4269]
• Owen, Richard. Recherches sur le gorille (Analyse et extraits traduits de l’anglais par M. Jules Haime). In  Annales des sciences naturelles, 3e série, t. 16, p. 158-176. [P4269]
• Owen, Richard. Supplementary note on the great chimpanzee (Troglodytes gorilla, Savage, Trogl. Savagei, Owen). In Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1848, p. 53-56. [P4408]