Owen, Sir Richard, (1804-1892), Knight, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist

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Surname:	Owen
Pretitle:	Sir
Forenames:	Richard
Gender:	Male
Date:	1804-1892
Title:	Knight
Biography:	ODNB link for Owen, Sir Richard (1804-1892), Knight, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P138156 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P21880 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Sir Richard Owen

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L OC	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
2	1828-89: corresp and papers	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 33348, 34406-07, 39954-55, 42579-82, 49978
3	1831-73: corresp and papers	Royal College of Surgeons of England	Owen Papers	NRA 9521 RCS scientific See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
4	family corresp	Royal College of Surgeons of England	Add MSS 579	See Annual Return 2000
5	1826-89: corresp and papers (c400 items)	Temple University Libraries		See NUC MS 69-1845
6	1838-89: corresp	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 5354
7	1834-55: corresp (11 items)	University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
8	1835-89: corresp and papers	American Philosophical Society Library		NRA 9728 American Philosophic See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
9	1841-1884: misc corresp	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 9715, 10290, 10522, 10777-10780 Passim
10	corresp and papers	Geological Society of London		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
11	corresp and papers	Linnean Society of London		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
12	annotated copy of Origin of the species	Shrewsbury School Library		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
13	1844-90: corresp with Sir Henry Acland	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Acland	NRA 22893
14	1851-87: corresp with Blackwoods	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 4095-4507 passim
15	1824-49: letters (18) to Henri Ducrotay De Blainville	Maison D'Auguste Comte		NRA 35879 De Blainville
16	1834-49: letters (20) to William Buckland	Royal Society	MS/251	See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
17	1842-89: corresp with Sir Edwin Chadwick	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	CHADWICK	NRA 21653 Chadwick
18	letters (18) to Sir Henry De la Beche	National Museum of Wales		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
19	1845-60: corresp with Benjamin Dockray	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 33348
20	1861-87: corresp with WE Gladstone	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 44397-501 passim
21	1844-62: corresp with Sir John Herschel (11 items)	Royal Society	HS	NRA 8803
22	1839-63: letters (18) to Sir William Hooker	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
23	1868-87: letters (26) to Henry Lee	Wellcome Collection	MSS.5389/1-24, 5392/23-24	NRA 39405
24	1849-60: letters to Sir George Cornewall Lewis	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Harpton Court	NRA 22798 Duff Gordon
25	1835-48: letters (25) to Gideon Algernon Mantell	National Library of New Zealand: Alexander Turnbull Library	MS-Group-0305	NRA 40579 See Microfilm copies (ref.XA 64) at East Sussex R.O.
26	1876-1890: letters to Sir Norman Moore	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		NRA 29440 See HMC corresp file - Moore, Dr Norman
27	1837-68: letters (34) to Roderick Murchison	Geological Society of London	M/O 7	NRA 28354 Geological Soc See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
28	corresp with Sir Charles Murray	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD261	NRA 14153 See NRAS 0485
29	1842-48: corresp with Sir Robert Peel	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 40518-600 passim
30	letters (copies) to John Phillips	Oxford University: Museum of Natural History	John Phillips Archive/Folder 8	NRA 42482
31	1853-89: letters to Sir George Stokes	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Add 7342, 7656	NRA 20700 Stokes
32	1837-60: letters (45) to William Whewell	Cambridge University: Trinity College Library	WHEWELL	NRA 8804
33	letters (1 vol)	Wellcome Library		NRA 25910
34	1861-1880: letters (31) to Albert and R.W.T. Gunther	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS GUNTHER COLL (16)	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
35	1824-1866: literary ms, corresp	Princeton University Library	C1152