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Landsborough Thomson
Sir Arthur Landsborough Thomson FRSE PZS CB LLD (8 October 1890 – 9 June 1977) was a Scottish medical researcher, mainly remembered as an amateur ornithologist and ornithological author and acknowledged expert on bird migration. Life He was born in Edinburgh on 8 October 1890 the son of John Arthur Thomson FRSE and his wife Margaret Stewart. The family lived at 10 Kilmaurs Road. He was educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh until 1899, when his father moved to Aberdeen as Professor of Natural History at Aberdeen University. Arthur completed his education at Aberdeen Grammar School. The family then lived at 15 Chanonry in Aberdeen. Arthur then studied Natural History (under his own father) at Aberdeen University, graduating MA in 1911. In the First World War he served as a Lt Colonel in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He received a Military OBE for his services. After the war (from 1919) he became a medical researcher and remained in this role until retiral in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landsborough Thompson
Landsborough may refer to: People *Charlie Landsborough (born 1941), English country and folk musician and singer *William Landsborough (1825–1886), Australian explorer and member of the Queensland Legislative Council Places * Landsborough, Queensland in the Sunshine coast region of Australia ** Landsborough railway station * Landsborough, Victoria in the Shire of Pyrenees in Australia * Landsborough County cadastral region in New South Wales, Australia * Landsborough Highway in western Queensland, Australia * Shire of Landsborough (1912–1987), Australian local government area now known as City of Caloundra * Landsborough River, in the South Island of New Zealand. {{disambiguation, hn, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Henry O'Donoghue
Charles Henry O'Donoghue FRSE FZS (23 September 1885 – 28 November 1961) was an English zoologist who studied molluscs, a malacologist. His publications mostly deal with sea slugs and he also named a number of Bryozoans. A collection of over 700 items left to the University of Reading is known as the O'Donoghue Collection. Life He was born in Bedfordshire on 23 September 1885 the son of Charles Henry O'Donoghue. He studied zoology at the University of London. From 1918 to 1927 he was Professor of Zoology at the University of Manitoba. From 1923 he additionally acted as Director of the Marine Biological Station at Nanaimo on Vancouver Island. He also helped to establish the Prince Rupert Island and Cultus Lake research stations. In 1928 he became a Reader in natural history at the University of Edinburgh. In 1928 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. His proposers were James Hartley Ashworth, John Stephenson, Robert Stewart MacDougall and James Ritchie. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Ornithologists
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Alumni Of The University Of Aberdeen
Alumni (singular: alumnus (masculine) or alumna (feminine)) are former students of a school, college, or university who have either attended or graduated in some fashion from the institution. The feminine plural alumnae is sometimes used for groups of women. The word is Latin and means "one who is being (or has been) nourished". The term is not synonymous with "graduate"; one can be an alumnus without graduating (Burt Reynolds, alumnus but not graduate of Florida State, is an example). The term is sometimes used to refer to a former employee or member of an organization, contributor, or inmate. Etymology The Latin noun ''alumnus'' means "foster son" or "pupil". It is derived from PIE ''*h₂el-'' (grow, nourish), and it is a variant of the Latin verb ''alere'' "to nourish".Merriam-Webster: alumnus .. Separate, but from the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People Educated At The Royal High School, Edinburgh
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scientists From Edinburgh
A scientist is a person who conducts scientific research to advance knowledge in an area of the natural sciences. In classical antiquity, there was no real ancient analog of a modern scientist. Instead, philosophers engaged in the philosophical study of nature called natural philosophy, a precursor of natural science. Though Thales (circa 624-545 BC) was arguably the first scientist for describing how cosmic events may be seen as natural, not necessarily caused by gods,Frank N. Magill''The Ancient World: Dictionary of World Biography'', Volume 1 Routledge, 2003 it was not until the 19th century that the term ''scientist'' came into regular use after it was coined by the theologian, philosopher, and historian of science William Whewell in 1833. In modern times, many scientists have advanced degrees in an area of science and pursue careers in various sectors of the economy such as academia, industry, government, and nonprofit environments.'''' History The roles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Deaths
Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 ** 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all 11 people on board. * January 20 – Jimmy Carter is sworn in as the 39th Preside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Stuart Thomson
James Stuart Thomson FRSE FLS (1868–1932) was a 19th/20th century Scottish zoologist. He was an expert on the tortoise. Life He was born on 21 July 1868 at Pilmuir near East Saltoun in East Lothian, the youngest son and seventh child of Rev Arthur Thomson (1823-1881) a minister of the Free Church of Scotland, and his wife, Isabella Landsborough.Ewing, William ''Annals of the Free Church;; He studied Science at the University of Edinburgh then did further postgraduate studies at Freiburg University in Germany and the University of Berne in Switzerland, also undertaking practical experience at several marine biology stations. He held teaching posts at Plymouth and Edinburgh and then Assistant Biologist at the research station at the Cape of Good Hope in 1903. He helped assess material from the Challenger Expedition in Edinburgh and at the Granton Marine Station. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1906. His proposers were Ramsay Traquair, W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roehampton
Roehampton is an area in southwest London, in the Putney SW15 postal district, and takes up a far western strip running north to south of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It contains a number of large council house estates and is home to the University of Roehampton. Etymology The ''Roe'' in Roehampton's name is thought to refer to the large number of rooks that still inhabit the area. Location Roehampton is centred about 6.3 miles (roughly 10 km) south-west of Charing Cross. It occupies high land, with Barnes to the north, Putney and Putney Heath to the east, and Richmond Park and Richmond Park Golf Course to the west. To the south is Roehampton Vale, that straddles the A3, with Wimbledon Common and Putney Vale beyond. History Roehampton was originally a small village – with only 14 houses during the reign of Henry VII – with the area largely forest and heath. The population gradually increased in the 18th and 19th centuries as it became a favoured residential ou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godman-Salvin Medal
The Godman-Salvin Medal is a medal of the British Ornithologists' Union awarded "to an individual as a signal honour for distinguished ornithological work." It was instituted in 1919 in the memory of Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin. Medallists Medallists include: See also * List of ornithology awards References {{reflist British Ornithologists' Union Ornithology awards Awards established in 1922 British awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Tucker Medal
The Bernard Tucker Medal is awarded by the British Trust for Ornithology for services to ornithology. It is named in memory of Bernard Tucker, their first Secretary. It has been awarded since 1954, usually annually although there are some years when no medals were awarded. Bernard Tucker Medallists SourceBritish Trust for Ornithology 20th Century 21st Century {{columns-list, colwidth=30em, * {{Timeline-event, date={{Start date, 2001, event= Mark Cubitt * {{Timeline-event, date={{Start date, 2002, event= David Norman * {{Timeline-event, date={{Start date, 2003, event= Adrian C. Blackburn and Christopher P.F. Redfern * {{Timeline-event, date={{Start date, 2004, event= Michael V. Hounsome and David Warden * {{Timeline-event, date={{Start date, 2005, event= Stephen G. Dodd * {{Timeline-event, date={{Start date, 2006, event= Oscar J. Merne * {{Timeline-event, date={{Start date, 2007, event= Peter M. Potts, J.E.A. Brook and R.C. Cooke * {{Timeline-event, date={{Start d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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