| 词条 | Thomson, Sir John Arthur |
| 释义 | Thomson, Sir John Arthur Scottish naturalist born , July 8, 1861, Salton, East Lothian, Scot. died Feb. 12, 1933, Limpsfield, Surrey, Eng. Scottish naturalist whose clearly written books on biology and attempts to correlate science and religion led to wider public awareness of progress in the biological sciences. A professor of natural history at the University of Aberdeen (1899–1930), Thomson concentrated his research on soft corals. He collaborated with the biologist Sir Patrick Geddes in writing several popular books, including The Evolution of Sex (1889), Evolution (1911), Sex (1914), Biology (1924), and Life: Outlines of General Biology (1931). Thomson also wrote Outlines of Zoology (9th ed. 1944), The Wonder of Life (1914), and Science and Religion (1925). He was knighted in 1930. |
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