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William Henry Flower

English comparative anatomist, surgeon and museum curator (1831-1899) · Doctors · Died at 67

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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.

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Awards

Royal Medal1882
Fellow of the Royal Society
Order of the Bath
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi

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Spouse: Georgiana Rosetta Smyth

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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.

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Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1831 to 1899 · aged 67

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