Îóýí
Ðè÷àðä – Owen
Richard (1804–1892)
Àíãëèéñêèé çîîëîã, àíàòîì è ïàëåîíòîëîã, ÷ëåí Ëîíäîíñêîãî
êîðîëåâñêîãî îáùåñòâà (1834), ïðîôåññîð Êîðîëåâñêîé àññîöèàöèè, èíîñòðàííûé
÷ëåí-êîððåñïîíäåíò Ïåòåðáóðãñêîé àêàäåìèè íàóê (1839).  1827–1856 ãã. ðàáîòàë â
Êîðîëåâñêîì õèðóðãè÷åñêîì êîëëåäæå (ñ 1836 ã. – ïðîôåññîð àíàòîìèè è
ôèçèîëîãèè). Â 1856–1883 ãã. çàâåäîâàë [superintendent] Îòäåëîì åñòåñòâåííîé
èñòîðèè Áðèòàíñêîãî ìóçåÿ, âî ìíîãîì ñïîñîáñòâîâàë îáðàçîâàíèþ íà áàçå ýòîãî
îòäåëà ñàìîñòîÿòåëüíîãî ìóçåÿ – Áðèòàíñêèé ìóçåé (åñòåñòâåííîé èñòîðèè) áûë
îòêðûò â 1881 ã. (ñ 1963 ã. – Ìóçåé åñòåñòâåííîé èñòîðèè). Ïîñëåäîâàòåëüíûé
àíòèäàðâèíèñò (ñì. àíîíèìíî èçä. ðàáîòó: Owen, 1860).
Èñòîðè÷åñêàÿ áèîãåîãðàôèÿ êðóïíûõ ïîçâîíî÷íûõ. Îáîáùèë
äàííûå î ãåîãðàôè÷åñêîì è ãåîõðîíîëîãè÷åñêîì ðàñïðîñòðàíåíèè äèíîçàâðîâ (âïåðâûå
óïîòðåáèë ýòîò òåðìèí, îïèñàâ ðîä Dinosauria
Owen, 1842). Íà îñíîâàíèè ïàëåîíòîëîãè÷åñêèõ äàííûõ
ñòðîãî äîêàçàë ñîåäèíåíèå Âåëèêîáðèòàíèè ñ êîíòèíåíòîì â òðåòè÷íîå âðåìÿ.
Îñíîâíûå òðóäû:
• Owen R. A history of British
fossil mammals, and birds. – L. : J. Van Voorst, 1846. – xlvi, 560 p.
[ðåïð. ïåðåèçä. – N. Y. : AMS Press, 1976.]
• Owen R. Contributions to the
history of British fossil mammals. – L. : R. and J.E. Taylor, 1848. – 71
p.
• Owen R. On the classification
and geographical distribution of the Mammalia, being a lecture on Sir
Robert Reade's foundation, delivered before the University of Cambridge
... May 10, 1859. To which is added an appendix "On the gorilla," and
"On the extinction and transmutation of species." – L. : J.W. Parker and
son, 1859. – 103 p.
• Owen R. Palæontology, or, A
systematic summary of extinct animals and their geological relations. –
Edinburgh : A. and C. Black, 1860. – xv, 420 p.
Áèáëèîãðàôèÿ:
• Êàíàåâ È.È. Î÷åðêè èç èñòîðèè ñðàâíèòåëüíîé àíàòîìèè äî
Äàðâèíà : Ðàçâèòèå ïðîáëåìû ìîðôîëîãè÷åñêîãî òèïà â çîîëîãèè. – Ì. ; Ë.
: Èçä-âî ÀÍ ÑÑÑÐ, 1963. – 299 ñ.
• Barber L. The heyday of natural history,
1820–1870. – Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1980. – 320 p.
• Gruber J.W, Thackray J.C. Richard Owen
commemoration : three studies. – L. : Nat. Hist. Mus. Publ., 1992. – ix,
181 p.
•
Owen R. The Hunterian lectures in comparative anatomy, May and June 1837
/ ed., introd. essay and comment. P.R. Sloan.
–
Chicago : Univ. Chicago Press, 1992. –
xvi, 340 p.
• Cadbury D. The dinosaur hunters : a true
story of scientific rivalry and the discovery of the prehistoric world.
– L. : Fourth Estate, 2000. – 384 p.
• Camardi G. Richard Owen, morphology and
evolution // J. Hist. Biol. 2001. Vol. 34, N 3. P. 481–515.