Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Richard Owen across 5 places, from 1831 to 1892.
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Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 – 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Richard Owen was documented, and when
1831year
Zoological Society of Londonattested“He was allowed to examine all animals that died in London Zoo's gardens and, when the Zoo began to publish scientific proceedings, in 1831, he was the most prolific contributor of anatomical papers.”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
1831year
Londonattested“He was allowed to examine all animals that died in London Zoo's gardens and, when the Zoo began to publish scientific proceedings, in 1831, he was the most prolific contributor of anatomical papers.”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
1844 to 1846period
British Islesattested“While occupied with so much material from abroad, Owen was also busily collecting facts for an exhaustive work on similar fossils from the British Isles and, in 1844–1846, he published his History of British Fossil Mammals and Birds, whi…”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
15 December 1892exact date
St Andrew's Church, Hamattested“He died at home on 15 December 1892 and is buried in the churchyard at St Andrew's Church, Ham, near Richmond, Surrey.”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
15 December 1892exact date
Richmond, Surreyattested“He died at home on 15 December 1892 and is buried in the churchyard at St Andrew's Church, Ham, near Richmond, Surrey.”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
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1820 to 1826period
Royal College of Surgeons of Englandmentioned“Owen became a surgeon's apprentice in 1820 and was appointed to the Royal College of Surgeons in 1826.”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
1845year
American Philosophical Societymentioned“In 1845, he was elected as a member to the American Philosophical Society.”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
1851year
Crystal Palace Parkmentioned“Some models were initially created for the Great Exhibition of 1851 held in London's Hyde Park, but 33 were eventually produced when the Crystal Palace was relocated to Crystal Palace Park, in south London.”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
1851year
Londonmentioned“Some models were initially created for the Great Exhibition of 1851 held in London's Hyde Park, but 33 were eventually produced when the Crystal Palace was relocated to Crystal Palace Park, in south London.”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
1877year
New South Walesmentioned“At the same time, Sir Thomas Mitchell's discovery of fossil bones, in New South Wales, provided material for the first of Owen's long series of papers on the extinct mammals of Australia, which were eventually reprinted in book-form in 1…”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
1884year
Tilburymentioned“One of his latest publications was a little work entitled Antiquity of Man as deduced from the Discovery of a Human Skeleton during Excavations of the Docks at Tilbury (London, 1884).”source: Wikipedia: Richard Owen
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