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“The steam-engine in its manifold applications, the crime-decreasing gas-lamp, the lightning conductor, the electric telegraph, the law of storms and rules for the mariner's guidance in them, the power of rendering surgical operations painless, the measures for preserving public health, and for preventing or mitigating epidemics,-such are among the more important practical results of pure scientific research, with which mankind have been blessed and States enriched.”

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Richard Owen

Richard Owen, a renowned British naturalist and paleontologist, was born on July 20, 1804, and died on December 18, 1892. He is best known for his groundbreaking research on dinosaur fossils and his contributions to the Natural History Museum. more

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