Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson: Quick Facts


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Born May 2, 1860 • Edinburgh • Scotland
Died June 21, 1948 (aged 88) • St. Andrews • Scotland
Notable Works “On Growth and Form”
Subjects Of Study biological development • evolution

James D. Dana
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
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Sir Gavin de Beer
British zoologist
Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
Scottish geologist
Alexander Wilson, detail of an engraving by W.H. Lizars
Alexander Wilson
Scottish ornithologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
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Johannes Müller
German physiologist
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist
Richard Dawkins wearing a black tuxedo and bow tie, standing in front of a red background at an event.
Richard Dawkins
British biologist and writer
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel
German embryologist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
ornithologist, artist, and naturalist
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan
American ichthyologist, educator, and eugenicist
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Sir John Graham Kerr
British biologist
Lankester, Edwin Ray
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
British zoologist
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John Gould
British ornithologist
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William Morton Wheeler
American entomologist