Sir Charles Wyville Thomson 1830-82, Scottish naturalist, noted as a marine biologist and deep-sea explorer. He participated in three deep-sea dredging expeditions (1868-70) and obtained evidence that animal life abounded in depths previously believed to be azoic; he recorded the results of his studies in The Depths of the Sea (1873), a classic in oceanography. He was director of the scientific work of the Challenger expedition (1872-76) and on his return was knighted and appointed director of a commission to distribute and study the collections of the expedition and to publish its results. He wrote an account of the cruise, The Voyage of the Challenger (1877).
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Sir John Murray: (1841-1914) the founder of modern oceanography, John Murray pioneered research on the ocean depths and oceanic sediments and was a leading light in marine biology.(Late Great Geographers #59)(Biography)
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... this time in geology under Sir Archibald Geikle and natural philosophy under Sir Peter Guthrie Tait. What ... voyage, expedition leader Charles Wyville Thomson appointed him assistant ... Protection Agency vessel, the SV Sir John Murray. Murray died ...
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... cartographer, 1512; Sir Austen Henry Layard, archaeologist, 1817; Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, zoologist, 1830 ... and writer, 1853; Sir Henry Hughes Wilson ... playwright, 1887; Sir Rex Carey Harrison ... historical painter, 1849; Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson ...
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