Historedia
Person

Richard Owen

Events
1
Episodes
1
Years
1863

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Richard Owen, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

  1. Richard Owen publishes first description of Archaeopteryx

    1863

    Role: Author of the first description

    1. 1863 · Publication place not attested; London inferred as institutional contextFirst Description of Archaeopteryx

      Richard Owen described the London Specimen in 1863, naming it Archaeopteryx macrura, allowing for the possibility it did not belong to the same species as the feather.

Sources

  1. Archaeopteryx Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
  2. Richard Owen Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-06