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Thomson (SIR CHARLES WY- VILLE a Scotch)

SIR CHARLES WY- VILLE, a Scotch biologist; born in Bonsyde, Scotland, March 5, 1830; was educated at the University of Edinburgh and became professor of mineralogy and geology in Queen's College, Belfast, in 1854. In the dredging expeditions of the "Lightning" "Lightning" and "Porcupine" (1868- 1869) he took part, afterward publishing in "The Depths of the Sea" (1869) the substance of his discoveries in regard to the fauna of the Atlantic. In 1869 he became fellow of the Royal Society; in 1870 professor of natural history in the University of Edinburgh. In 1872 he was appointed scientific chief of the "Challenger" expedition, which was absent from England over three years, during which time 68,800 miles were sur- On his return he was knighted and drew up for the government a report on the natural history specimens collected on the expedition. But he only lived to publish a preliminary account of the expedition . "The Voyage of the ' Challenger " (1877). He died in Edinburgh, March burgh, March 10, 1882.

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