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Also Known As Sir Charles Wyville Thomson
Born March 5, 1830 • Scotland
Died March 10, 1882 (aged 52) • Scotland
Subjects Of Study invertebrate • ocean • temperature
Role In Challenger Expedition

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Murray, Sir John
Sir John Murray
Scottish Canadian oceanographer
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau
French ocean explorer and engineer
Addison Emery Verrill
American zoologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Charles William Peach
English naturalist and geologist
Philip Henry Gosse, portrait miniature by W. Gosse, 1839; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Philip Henry Gosse
British naturalist
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
Newton, Alfred
Alfred Newton
British zoologist
David Livingstone.
David Livingstone
Scottish explorer and missionary
Park, Mungo
Mungo Park
Scottish explorer
Rae, detail from an oil painting by S. Pearce; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Rae
Scottish explorer
Macgregor Laird
British explorer
Mitchell, Sir Thomas Livingstone
Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell
British explorer
Thomson, Joseph
Joseph Thomson
British explorer
Alexander Gordon Laing, engraving
Alexander Gordon Laing
Scottish explorer
James Augustus Grant
British explorer

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