# William Henry Flower

> Sir William Henry Flower was an English surgeon, museum curator and comparative anatomist, who became a leading authority on mammals and especially on the primate brain. He supported Thomas Henry Huxley in an important controversy with Richard Owen about the human brain and eventually succeeded Owen as Director of the Natural History Museum in London.

*English comparative anatomist, surgeon and museum curator (1831–1899)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/william-henry-flower

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Doctor ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Doctors
- **Born:** 1831-11-30
- **Died:** 1899-07-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 46.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.6 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 14.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 9.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Вільям Генрі Флауер](https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%80)
- [ويليام هنرى فلوير](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%81%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1)
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- [Уільям Генры Флаўэр](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D1%8B_%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%8D%D1%80)
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- [Флауэр, Уильям Генри](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%8D%D1%80%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8)
- [William Henry Flower](https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Flower)
- [William Henry Flower](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Flower)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q670054)

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