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Patrick H. Armstrong taught Geography and Ecology at the University of Western Australia for 28 years. He has written widely on the life and work of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace, including Alfred Russel Wallace (Reaktion, 2019).
'Armstrong's biography accomplishes its admirable purpose - describing in considerable detail Owen's many accomplishments and contrasting them with his disagreeable nature.' - Geoffrey Martin, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography, Southern Connecticut State University; 'This book is a fascinating account of the life of Sir Richard Owen. Patrick Armstrong's balanced commentary of an intelligent but controversial individual makes for compulsive reading.' - Vivian Louis Forbes, Adjunct Associate Professor of Geography, The University of Western Australia; 'In this lively and sure-footed biography, distinguished historian of science Patrick Armstrong brilliantly brings a lifetime of scholarship to the task of explicating why Victorian-era palaeontologist and Charles Darwin collaborator and detractor Richard Owen remains worthy of our attention. A fascinating study!' - Tom Chaffin, author of Odyssey: Charles Darwin, the Beagle, and the Voyage that Changed the World.
