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From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[?]-5-5
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.197
Summary:

Has sent a note of his titular condition to the printer. Has been busy with a series of lectures on development.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Owen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[7 Aug 1837]
Source of text:
Birds 144
Summary:

Dissected beak of Rhynchops shows no extensive innervation. But beak may nevertheless be a sensitive organ of touch as CD suggests.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Charles Robert Darwin; William Buckland; Adam Sedgwick; John Phillips; William Whewell; Roderick Impey Murchison, 1st baronet; Charles Lyell, 1st baronet; Charles Stokes; William John Hamilton; Edward Stanley; Richard Owen; William Clift; Charles Babbage; John Bostock; Peter Mark Roget; John Taylor; Spencer Joshua Alwyne Compton, 2d Marquess of Northampton; William John Broderip
To:
Thomas Spring Rice
Date:
[before 7 July 1838]
Source of text:
House of Commons papers; accounts and papers, 1837/38, XXXVI, 307
Summary:

Express their concern that the offer for sale to the British Museum, by G. A. Mantell and Thomas Hawkins, of two valuable collections, has been declined.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Richard Owen
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
c 12 December 1838
Source of text:
Elizabeth M. Milton
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
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From:
Richard Owen
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
18 January 1839
Source of text:
RI MS Conybeare Album, f.09
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Richard Owen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
11 June 1839
Source of text:
DAR 204: 183
Summary:

Thanks CD effusively [for Journal of researches] – "the most delightful book in my collection".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Richard Owen
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
[17 Sept 1841?]
Source of text:
The Royal College of Surgeons of England (MS0456/1)
Summary:

CD and [Emma Darwin] are invited to "a holiday musical evening".

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Richard Owen
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
22 September 1842
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 224
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
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From:
Richard Owen
To:
Michael Faraday
Date:
8 January 1844
Source of text:
RI MS F1 K32
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Faraday Project
From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[10 February 1844]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.187
Summary:

At the request of Mr. Clift, acknowledges JH's communication of the case of the Mare with the intestinal calculi. The specimens are very acceptable.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Richard Owen
To:
Charles Robert Bree
Date:
24 April 1846
Source of text:
MM/21/58, Royal Society
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Royal Society
From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[28 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.188
Summary:

Introducing Benjamin Travers, who intends visiting the Cape of Good Hope. Would welcome advice from JH.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 December 1847]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.189
Summary:

Has received JH's request regarding the Admiralty Manual. Will be pleased to contribute a section on collecting specimens.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[20 January 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.190
Summary:

The packet from the Admiralty was not the manuscript; that will follow speedily. Regrets any anxiety caused.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[31 March 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.191
Summary:

Will resume work on his 'Instructions' for the Admiralty Manual after the conclusions of his lectures. Will be able to forward it before the end of May.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[14 July 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.192
Summary:

Has now completed his manuscript for the Admiralty Manual. Runs to 90 pages. To what Office shall he forward it?

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[17 July 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.193
Summary:

Has been condensing his contribution to the Admiralty Manual, now reduced to forty pages; comments on this. The Westminster fever delayed the Admiralty manuscript.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
From:
Sir Richard Owen
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
[16 November 1848]
Source of text:
RS:HS 13.194
Summary:

Received the seven leaves of his manuscript from [John?] Murray yesterday. Comments on matters relating to the Admiralty Manual and RO's contribution.

Contributor:
John Herschel Project
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From:
Richard Owen
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
30 August 1849
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 225
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project
Text Online
From:
Richard Owen
To:
J. S. Henslow
Date:
19 September 1851
Source of text:
Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8177: 225
Summary:

No summary available.

Contributor:
Henslow Correspondence Project