military physician
William Henry Flower.
English comparative anatomist, surgeon and museum curator (1831–1899)
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About 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.
Everything about William Henry Flower →- Occupation
- military physician, zoologist, scientific illustrator, comparative anatomist
- Position held
- museum director
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- November 30, 1831
- Died
- July 1, 1899