Background
Sir Charles Wyville Thomson was born at Bonsyde, Linlithgowshire, United Kingdom, on the 5th of March 1830.
Thomson was the son of Andrew Thomson, a surgeon in the East India Company.
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Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. 4: Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares, ... Thomson, R. N.; Zoology (Classic Reprint)
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The Depths Of The Sea: An Account Of The General Results Of The Dredging Cruises Of H.m. Ss. 'porcupine' And 'lightning' During The Summers Of 1868, ... J. Gwyn Jeffreys, And Dr. Wyville...
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Charles Wyville Thomson
Edit ProfileEducation
He was educated at Edinburgh University.
In 1850 he was appointed lecturer in, and in 1851 professor of, botany at Aberdeen, and in 1853 he became professor of natural history in Queen's College, Cork.
He will be specially remembered as a student of the biological conditions of the depths of the sea.
Career
When he was appointed professor of natural history at Edinburgh (1870), Thomson had already turned his attention exclusively to the study of marine invertebrates. Aboard two deep-sea dredging expeditions north of Scotland (1868–69), he discovered a wide variety of invertebrate life forms—many previously believed extinct—to a depth of 650 fathoms. He also found that deep-sea temperatures are not as constant as had been supposed, indicating the presence of oceanic circulation. Thomson described these findings in The Depths of the Sea (1873).
In 1872 he embarked on an exploration aboard HMS Challenger. The crew made observations and soundings of the three great ocean basins at 362 stations during a highly successful circumnavigation of 68, 890 nautical miles (127, 600 kilometres).
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Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. 4: Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares, ... Thomson, R. N.; Zoology (Classic Reprint)
(Excerpt from Report on the Scientific Results of the Voya...)
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The Depths Of The Sea: An Account Of The General Results Of The Dredging Cruises Of H.m. Ss. 'porcupine' And 'lightning' During The Summers Of 1868, ... J. Gwyn Jeffreys, And Dr. Wyville...
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Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H. M. S. Challenger During the Years 1873-76, Vol. 4: Under the Command of Captain George S. Nares, ... Thomson, R. N.; Zoology (Classic Reprint)
Membership
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Fellow of the Royal Society, Linnean Society of London, Geological Society of London, Zoological Society of London.
Connections
In 1853 he married Jane Ramage Dawson.
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March 10, 1882 (aged 52) -
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Bonsyde, Linlithgowshire, Scotland, United Kingdom -
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