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John Arthur Thomson

Born

in Pilmuir, East Lothian, Scotland

July 08, 1861

Died

February 12, 1933

Genre

Biology, Natural History, Biography

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Sir John Arthur Thomson FRSE LLD was a Scottish naturalist who authored several notable books and was an expert on soft corals. He was the second son of Isabella Landsborough (1828 - 1905) and the Rev. Arthur Thomson (1823 - 1881), a minister in the Free Church of Scotland, originally from Muckhart.

He studied natural history at the University of Edinburgh graduating with an MA in 1880. He had already established a reputation as a worthy scientist within his first years and in 1887, aged 25, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were Patrick Geddes, J. T. Cunningham, Sir John Murray and Robert McNair Ferguson.

He taught at the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College from 1893 until 1899 then University of Aberdeen f ...more

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Average rating: 3.79 · 101 ratings · 12 reviews · 137 distinct works

	The Outline of Science, First Volume really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outline of Science, Second Volume 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outline of Science, Third Volume really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Herbert Spencer 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evolution in Modern Thought 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1917 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outline of Science, Fourth Volume 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Outline of Science (Illustrated): A Plain Story Simply Told 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Riddles of Science by John Arthur Thomson, Bernard Jaffe (revised) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1932 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Biology of the Seasons by John Arthur Thomson, William Smith (Illustrated) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1911 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Doran's Modern Readers' Bookshelf: Everyday Biology it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1924 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Science never destroys wonder, it only shifts it higher and deeper”
― J. Arthur Thompson

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“It goes without saying that no one can call himself educated who does not understand the central and simple ideas of Mendelism and other new departures in biology.”
― John Arthur Thomson, The Outline of Science, First Volume

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