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A MEETING was held at the rooms of the Royal Society, on Saturday, to make preparations for the provision of a suitable memorial of the late Sir Richard Owen. The Prince of Wales took the chair, and was supported by the Duke of Teck, the President, the Treasurer, and the Secretary of the Royal Society, Lord Kelvin, Sir John Evans, and Professor Michael Foster; the President of the British Association, Sir A. Geikie; the President of the Royal College of Physicians, Sir A. Clark; the President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Mr. T. Bryant; the President of the Royal Academy, Sir F. Leighton; the Bishop of Rochester, the Dean of Westminster, Lord Playfair, Prof. Huxley, Sir H. Roscoe, M. P., Sir F. Abel, Sir F. Bramwell, Sir G. Stokes, Sir H. Acland, Sir Joseph Lister, Mr. Ericsen, Dr Priestley, Dr. Günther, Dr. H. Woodward, Dr. Maunde Thompson, Sir W. H. Flower, Sir Erasmus Ommanney, Sir James Paget, Sir Henry Thompson, Sir Spencer Wells, Sir Edwin Saunders, Sir John Fowler, Dr. E. A. Bond, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. Carruthers, and Mr. W. P. Sladen. There were also present, among others, Sir G. M. Humphry, Mr. Holman Hunt, Mr. Ernest Hart, Dr. Michael (President of the Royal Microscopical Society), Prof. R. Meldola, Mr. O. Salvin, and Prof. T. Wiltshire.
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Memorial of Sir Richard Owen. Nature 47, 307–309 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/047307a0
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