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| Title: |
The life of Richard Owen |
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Owen, R.S. |
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1894 |
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London, John Murray |
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vol. 1, pp. i-xv, 1-409 |
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| Rhinoceros unicornis died in 1848 in London Zoo. ?As a consequence' Mrs owen writes, ?there is a quantity of rhinoceros (defunct) on the premises.' Owen mentions this rhinoceros in a letter to one of his sisters:
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| In November 1848, the rhinoceros died - and was examined by Richard Owen. |
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| (1838) But while occupied in describing fossil remains he varied his occupation by dissecting the mortal remains of a rhinoceros which had recently died at Wombwell's Menagerie. This he looked upon as a great prize, as a rhinoceros then, dead or living, was a rarity in England. On February 1,... |
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The life of Richard Owen
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