Author:William Henry Flower
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 Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB9 by the initials "W. H. F."
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 attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. H. F."
This author wrote articles for the Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition.
Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB9 by the initials "W. H. F."
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 attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "W. H. F."
WorksEdit
- Flower, W.H.; Murie, James (1867). "Account of the Dissection of a Bushwoman". Journal of Anatomy and Physiology 1: 189–208. (external scan)
- Flower, Prof. W.H. (1877). "On the Preparation of Skeletons for Museum Purposes". The Zoologist. 3rd series, vol 1 (issue 11, November): 465–468.
- Fashion in deformity : as illustrated in the customs of barbarous and civilized races (1882) (external scan)
- An introduction to the osteology of the mammalia (1885) (external scan)
- List of the specimens of Cetacea in the Zoological Department of the British Museum (1885) (external scan)
- An introduction to the study of mammals, living and extinct (1891) (external scan)
- The horse : a study in natural history (1892) (external scan)
- Essays on museums and other subjects connected with natural history (1898) (external scan)
Articles in Popular Science MonthlyEdit
- "Fashion in Deformity" in Popular Science Monthly, 17 (October 1880)
- "Aims of the Study of Anthropology" in Popular Science Monthly, 25 (September 1884)
- "Whales, Past and Present" in Popular Science Monthly, 27 (June 1885)
- "The Varieties of the Human Species" in Popular Science Monthly, 28 (January 1886)
- "The Wings of Birds" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (December 1886)
Contributions to EB9Edit
- "Lemming," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (14) (1882)
- "Tapir," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (23) (1888)
- "Tiger," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (23) (1888)
Contributions to the DNBEdit
Contributions to EB11Edit
- "Horse," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Ibex," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Kangaroo," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Lemming," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Leopard," 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)
- "Marten," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Mink," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Narwhal," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Otter," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Platypus," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Porcupine," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911) (in part)
- "Rabbit," 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)
Works about FlowerEdit
- C.W.D. (1867). "Flower and Murie on the Dissection of a Bushwoman". The Anthropological Review: 319–324. (external scan)
- review of Flower 1898 in: The Zoologist, 4th series, vol 2, issue 684, June, p. 277
- Sclater, P.L. (1899). "The Late Sir William Henry Flower". The Zoologist. 4th series, vol 3 (issue 698, August): 337–340. (with Plate)
- "Flower, Sir William Henry," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Flower, William Henry," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 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.