Who was Cuvier's influential follower in Britain?
Isaac Newton
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Richard Owen
Answer
Richard Owen, a British comparative anatomist and paleontologist, was a prominent disciple of Georges Cuvier, a renowned French naturalist and zoologist. Owen furthered Cuvier's comparative anatomical approach, making significant contributions to the understanding of vertebrate evolution. He is particularly remembered for his work on fossil vertebrates, including his influential theory of archetype, which proposed an underlying structural unity among diverse organisms.
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