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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

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D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Born2 Mey 1860(1860-05-02)
Edinburgh
Dee'd21 Juin 1948(1948-06-21) (aged 88)
St Aundraes
NaitionalityScots
Kent forOn Growth and Form
Hauf-marrae(s)Maureen Drury (m. 1901)
Bairns3 dauchters
AwairdsLinnean Medal (1938)
Darwin Medal (1946)
Scientific career
FieldsBiology, Naitural history, Mathematics
InstitutionsTertiary eddication:
University o Edinburgh Medical School (medicine)
Trinity College, Cambridge (BA)
Professional institution:
University College, Dundee, University o St Andrews

Sir D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson CB FRS FRSE (2 Mey 1860 – 21 Juin 1948) wis a Scots biologist, mathematician an clessics scholar. He wis a pioneer o mathematical biology.