Richard Owen ( 1804 - 1892 )

Birth: A house at the corner of Brock and Thurnham Streets, Lancaster, Lancashire, England (20 July 1804) Death: Richmond Park, Surrey (18 December 1892) Burial: Ham churchyard, near Richmond, Surrey Research Field: Comparative anatomy, vertebrate palaeontology, geology Education: Edinburgh University; St Bartholomew's Hospital, London Career: Prosector (1825), then Lecturer in Anatomy (1829), both at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London; Assistant Conservator of Hunterian Museum (1827); Conservator (until 1856); first Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, Royal College of Surgeons; received Sheen Lodge as a residence from Queen Victoria (1852); Superintendent of the Natural History collection, British Museum (1856-1883); first Director, Natural History Museum; opposed Darwin's theory of evolution Honours: CB 1873; KCB 1884 Memberships: Athenaeum (1840) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 18/12/1834 Medals/Prizes: Royal Medal 1846; Copley Medal 1851 Lectures: Bakerian 1844; Croonian 1851 Council: VP 1849-1850; 1857-1858.