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An inconvenient truth: Richard Owen, dinosaurs and Plymouth
Derrys Cross
PLYMOUTH
Devon
PL1 2SW
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Free
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Plymouth has long laid claim to be the venue for the naming of dinosaurs. Join us as we try to separate fact from fiction in the city's assertion that it be credited as the birthplace of these 'terrible reptiles'.
Discover more about the man who coined the term 'dinosauria', Sir Richard Owen, his campaign which led to the formation of the Natural History Museum and his friction and rivalry with Charles Darwin.
The lecture will be given by Owen Ryles, Chief Executive of the Plymouth Athenaeum. Owen is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Zoological Society.
His previous talks include Education, enlightenment and entertainment: Plymouth Mechanics' Institute 1825-1899 , Walking through the storm: William Snow Harris v The Admiralty, Bitten by Barnacles: The Life of Charles Spence Bate and Charles Hamilton Smith: Writer, Illustrator, Solider, Spy.
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