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Auction: 23025 - Historical Documents, Postal History & Autographs
Lot: 178

(x) Great Britain
Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)
c1870 Carte de visite by Maull & Polyblank, London, of the renowned English biologist, anatomist and palaeontologist, known for coining the term dinosaur. An outspoken critic of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. Signed "Rd. Owen" on the foot of the cdv and ""Richard Owen" on the reverse.

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