D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
1860 - 1948
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D'Arcy Thompson was a Greek scholar, a naturalist and a mathematician. He was the first biomathematician. His book On Growth and Form had a great influence on both biologists and mathematicians.
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Mathematicians born in the same country
Additional Material in MacTutor
- Walter Ledermann's memoir
- An extract from On Growth and Form
- D'Arcy Thompson's family
- D'Arcy Thompson on Plato and Planets
- D'Arcy Thompson on Greek irrationals
- D'Arcy Thompson knighted
- D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson by David Raitt Robertson Burt
- Obituary: Edinburgh Mathematical Notes
- Obituary: The Times
- Obituary: Scotsman
| Honours awarded to D'Arcy Thompson (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1885 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1916 |
| Honorary Fellow of the Edinburgh Maths Society | 1933 |
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