Charles Wyville Thomson

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Charles Wyville Thomson was a 19th-century Scottish naturalist and marine zoologist best known for leading the pioneering Challenger expedition that laid the foundations of modern oceanography.

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instanceOf Scottish person
academic
human
marine zoologist
naturalist
oceanographer
university professor
awardReceived Royal Medal
birthDate 1830-03-05
birthPlace Linthouse, near Glasgow, Scotland
contributedTo evidence against the azoic theory of deep seas
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1882-03-10
deathPlace Bonavista, County Down, Ireland
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
employer Queen's College, Cork
Queen’s University Belfast
surface form: Queen's University of Belfast

University of Edinburgh
era 19th century
expeditionEndYear 1876
expeditionStartYear 1872
familyName Thomson
fieldOfWork marine zoology
natural history
oceanography
fullName Charles Wyville Thomson self-link
givenName Charles
honorificTitle FRS
influenced development of oceanography as a scientific discipline
knownFor contributions to modern oceanography
foundational work in deep-sea exploration
leadership of the Challenger expedition
languageOfWorkOrName English
ledExpedition Challenger expedition
memberOf Royal Society
nationality Scottish
occupation naturalist
university professor
zoologist
positionHeld Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at Queen's University of Belfast
Professor of Natural History at Queen's College, Cork
Professor of Natural History at the University of Edinburgh
publishedIn The Depths of the Sea
Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger
surface form: The Voyage of the Challenger
researchFocus bathymetry of the oceans
deep-sea fauna
distribution of marine life with depth
shipUsed HMS Challenger

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HMS Challenger expeditionLeader Charles Wyville Thomson
HMS Challenger chiefScientist Charles Wyville Thomson
Challenger expedition chiefScientist Charles Wyville Thomson
Charles Wyville Thomson fullName Charles Wyville Thomson self-link