Birthdate: May 2, 1860
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Died: June 21, 1948
D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson was a Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar known for his pioneering work in mathematical and theoretical biology. He served as Professor of Natural History at University College, Dundee, and later at St Andrews for a total of 63 years. Thompson was a Fellow of the Royal Society, knighted, and received prestigious awards such as the Darwin Medal and the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal. His most notable contribution was the influential 1917 book “On Growth and Form,” which revolutionized the scientific understanding of morphogenesis in plants and animals. Thompson’s ideas on the mathematical beauty of nature inspired a wide range of thinkers and artists.
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