Author:William Henry Flower

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Sir William Henry Flower (1831–1899)

sister projects: Wikipedia article. K.C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.; Director of the British Natural History Museum; Hunterian Professor of Comparative Anatomy and Physiology; English comparative anatomist and surgeon. Flower 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. This author wrote articles for the Dictionary of National Biography, and the list on this page is complete to 1901. Articles written by this author are designated in the DNB by the initials "W. H. F-r." This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles written by this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. H. F."

Sir William Henry Flower

Works

• Fashion in deformity : as illustrated in the customs of barbarous and civilized races (1882) [1]
• An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia (1885) [2]
• List of the specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Department of the British Museum (1885) [3]
• An introduction to the study of mammals, living and extinct (1891) [4]
• The horse : a study in natural history (1892) [5]
• Essays on museums and other subjects connected with natural history (1898) [6]

Contributions to the DNB

• Owen, Richard (1804-1892)

Contributions to EB1911

• “Horse” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Kangaroo” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Lion” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Mammalia” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Mammoth” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Mandrill” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Mink” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Narwhal” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.
• “Otter” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Rhinoceros” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Tapir” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Tiger” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Walrus” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Whale” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Wolf” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)
• “Zebra” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911. (in part)

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

• “Fashion in Deformity,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 17, October 1880
• “Aims of the Study of Anthropology,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 25, September 1884
• “Whales, Past and Present,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 27, June 1885
• “The Varieties of the Human Species,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 28, January 1886
• “The Wings of Birds,” in Popular Science Monthly Volume 30, December 1886

Works about Flower

• “Flower, Sir William Henry” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.