Person Thomson; Sir; Charles Thomas Wyville (1830 - 1882); naturalist Thomson Charles Thomas Wyville Sir naturalist Charles Wyville 1830 - 1882 British Male Bonsyde, Linlithgow, Scotland 05 March 1830 Bonsyde, Linlithgow 10 March 1882

Natural history Oceanography Education: Merchiston; University of Edinburgh. LLD Career: Lecturer in Botany, King's College, Aberdeen (1850); Professor, Marischal College, Aberdeen; Professor of Zoology, Botany, and Geology, Queen's College, Belfast (1853); organised sounding expeditions in the North of Scotland (1868) and in the Mediterranean (1870); Professor of Natural History, Edinburgh University (1870); Chief of Scientific Staff to the Challenger expedition (1872-1876) Honours: Kt 1876 Son of Andrew Thomson, Surgeon in the HEIC; changed his name to Charles Wyville Thomson when knighted Medals and prizes: Royal Medal 1876 Fellow 03/06/1869 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 5 Mar 1830 - 10 Mar 1882 NA6353 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/5231479 b5fa3441-c07b-4f7c-8e75-4bcc648faadd