Gruber, Jacob W.

Comparative anatomist Richard Owen was Superintendent then Director of the Natural History Departments of British Museum; he was the first Hunterian Professor at Royal College of Surgeons (1836), and Fullerian Professor of Physiology and Comparative Anatomy at Royal Institution (1858-1862).

From the guide to the [A calendar of the correspondence of Richard Owen, 1830-1890] / compiled by Jacob W. Gruber, 1981-1990, 1830-1890, (American Philosophical Society)