PROFESSOR OWEN 
CHAPTER I 
1855-56 
The Phoenix — The Crystal Palace at Sydenham — Juror of the 
Universal Exhibition at Paris — Knight of the Legion of 
Honour, 1855 — Superintendent of the Natural History Depart- 
ment of the British Museum— Death of his Sister, Grace 
Owen— Cardinal Wiseman, Dr. and Mrs. Livingstone, 1856. 
In the year 1855 Owen’s work ‘ On the Archetype 
and Homologies of the Vertebrate Skeleton was 
translated into French and appeared under the 
title, ‘ Principes d’Osteologie comparee ; ou, Re- 
cherches sur I’Archetype et les Homologies du 
Squelettevertebre.’ ' The publication of his lectures 
on the ‘ Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of 
the Invertebrate Animals ’ reached a second 
edition. Before the beginning of his Hunterian 
course, he gave a lecture to a large audience 
at the Royal Institution on ‘ Anthropoid Apes.' 
The subject chosen for the Hunterian Lectures 
this season was ‘ Fossil Remains ; ’ but before de- 
livering them Owen gave as an introduction to 
' Paris : J. B. Bailli^re, 1855. 
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