Owen, Richard, 1804-1892
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1804 - 1892
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Othniel Charles Marsh papers
Collection
Call Number: MS 343
Overview:
The papers consist of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, school notes, and other papers of O.C. Marsh, scientist and first professor of paleontology at Yale and in the United States. Of special interest is the rather extensive correspondence Marsh carried on with many prominent scientists of his time; included are letters from Charles Darwin, Leonard and Thomas Huxley, Simon Newcomb, and Benjamin Silliman Sr. and Jr. Also included are materials relating to Marsh's education at Andover, Yale,...
Dates:
1817-1899
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
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Othniel Charles Marsh papers
Miscellaneous letters collection
Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 49
Overview:
Miscellaneous Letters Collection is a collection of hundreds of individual letters or small groups of letters, mostly by physicians and scientists, either donated to the Historical Library or purchased.
Dates:
1649-1961