Richard Owen - Paperback

by Patrick Armstrong (Author)

A biography of the provocative nineteenth-century English naturalist.

Brilliant, hard-working, and immensely productive, the naturalist Richard Owen was a great ambassador for science and played an outsized role in shaping London's Natural History Museum. Still, Owen was a provocative bully, accused of plagiarism, and the only man Charles Darwin claimed to hate since Owen staunchly opposed his ideas about natural selection despite sharing similar views himself. This biography gives an account of Owen's life and work and offers some speculation about the reasons behind his controversial behavior and strained relationships.

Author Biography

Patrick Armstrong taught geography and ecology at the University of Western Australia for twenty-eight years. He is the author of Alfred Russel Wallace, also published by Reaktion Books.