Background
THOMSON, Arthur was born on March 21, 1858. Son of late John Thomson, Doctor of Medicine, Fleet Surgeon, Royal Navy.
THOMSON, Arthur was born on March 21, 1858. Son of late John Thomson, Doctor of Medicine, Fleet Surgeon, Royal Navy.
Studied at Edinburgh Collegiate School. University of Edinburgh. Bachelor of Medicine.
Master of Arts Oxfordshire.
He is best remembered for his formulation of Thomson"s Nose Rule, which states that ethnic groups originating in cold, arid climates tend to have longer and thinner noses, while the noses of those from warm, humid climates tend to be shorter and thicker. The longer nose is an adaptation that heats and moistens inhaled air in higher latitudes. In 1885 he was hired by Henry Acland to lecture on anatomy at the University of Oxford.
Acland was determined to create a medical school at Oxford, but after he fell ill, Thomson had to bear much of the administrative burden.
This would eventually prevent him from reaching his potential as a scholar. Once the diploma for anthropology was formed in 1905, Thomson would be one of three professors who would make up the Oxford anthropology department until he retired in 1933.
From 1919 until his retirement, he was Doctor Lee"s Professor of Anatomy at Oxford (the first to hold that title) and also held a fellowship at Christ Church, Oxford. He was elected President of the Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland for 1906 to 1908.
His main pastime was watercolour painting, and he exhibited work occasionally at the Royal Academy, where he was a professor of anatomy from 1900-1934.
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Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons England 1907. Club: Arts.
Spouse 1888, Mary,daughter of late Norman Macbeth, Royal Scottish Academy