death_date death_place religion birth_place influences image_size nationality field work_institutions birth_date prizes image article_title name alma_mater
1 july 1899 london anglican stratford-upon-avon thomas henry huxley 250px british surgery , zoology british army royal college of surgeons natural history museum 30 november 1831 royal medal -lrb- 1882 -rrb- williamflowerkcb.jpg william henry flower
 sir william henry flower university college london
william henry flower

sir william henry flower kcb frcs frs -lrb- 30 november 1831 -- 1 july 1899 -rrb- was an 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 .
