A controversial figure, he is perhaps best known for coining the word dinosaur. The Owen collection ... and Frederick Sawyer in A Catalogue of the Richard Owen Collection of Palaeontological and ...

Until 1842, no one had heard of the word ‘dinosaur’. But when acclaimed anatomist Richard Owen grouped three prehistoric animals with curious features in common, he changed the way the world thought ...

Created by the talented artist Neave Parker ... was the first sauropod dinosaur to be discovered, although it wasn't initially recognised as such. Fossilised remains were unearthed in England and ...

Sir Richard Owen. Born in 1804 in Lancaster, Owen was a divisive figure in Victorian science. He was an extremely talented anatomist, a tutor to royalty, and is often credited with the discovery of ...