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Charles Wyville Thomson

1830 - 1882

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Sir Charles Wyville Thomson (5 March 1830 – 10 March 1882) was a Scottish natural historian and marine zoologist. He served as the chief scientist on the Challenger expedition; his work there revolutionized oceanography and led to his being knighted. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Wyville Thomson is the 875th most popular biologist (down from 753rd in 2019), the 3,961st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,639th in 2019) and the 133rd most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Charles Wyville Thomson ranks 875 out of 1,097. Before him are Édouard Ménétries, Birbal Sahni, Wilfred Hudson Osgood, Hermann Harms, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, and Reginald Punnett. After him are Édouard Louis Trouessart, Ann Bishop, William Hemsley, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini, Théodore Monod, and Liberty Hyde Bailey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1830, Charles Wyville Thomson ranks 65. Before him are Karl Klindworth, Clémence Royer, James G. Blaine, Henry Peach Robinson, Peter Arnold Heise, and Juan Manuel Blanes. After him are Viktor Madarász, Clements Markham, Karolina Světlá, Jaroslav Čermák, Emily Davies, and Frederic Moore. Among people deceased in 1882, Charles Wyville Thomson ranks 69. Before him are Antoine Bussy, Julius Hübner, Franz von Schober, Juraj Dobrila, Katarina Ivanović, and James Spriggs Payne. After him are Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, Ion Andreescu, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Barton Rogers, William Shanks, and George Perkins Marsh.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Charles Wyville Thomson ranks 3,962 out of 8,785. Before him are Zac Goldsmith (1975), Reginald Punnett (1875), Ben Davies (1993), Anna Lee (1913), Prince Frederick of Great Britain (1750), and Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow (1887). After him are Peter Mullan (1959), Peter Osgood (1947), Mark Lindsay Chapman (1954), Ian Stuart Donaldson (1957), Dolly Pentreath (1692), and Henry of Huntingdon (1080).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Charles Wyville Thomson ranks 133. Before him are D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson (1860), Everard Home (1756), William Sherard (1659), Thomas Campbell Eyton (1809), Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet (1800), and Reginald Punnett (1875). After him are Ann Bishop (1899), William Hemsley (1843), Henry Baker (1698), Charles Tate Regan (1878), Thomas Andrew Knight (1759), and William Townsend Aiton (1766).

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