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Category: Great Thinkers

Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson

November 16, 2020 Francesca Lavelle Leave a comment

Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson was an influential biologist, zoologist, and classicist. He is most famous for his work On Growth and Form. In which, he posited that biological creatures and…

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Posted in: Great Thinkers Filed under: Biology, Classics, STEM, Zoology

Robert Adamson

November 15, 2020 Francesca Lavelle Leave a comment

Robert Adamson was born in 1821 at Burnside, near St Andrews, and enjoyed an early education at Madras College. While in St Andrews, he was introduced to the calotype process by his brother, Dr John…

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Posted in: Great Thinkers Filed under: Art, Photography

Margaret Fairlie

November 14, 2020 Francesca Lavelle Leave a comment

Margaret Fairlie was born in 1891 on West Balmirmer Farm, Angus.  She studied medicine at the University of St Andrews and University…

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Posted in: Great Thinkers Filed under: medicine, STEM, Women

David Brewster

October 29, 2020 Francesca Lavelle Leave a comment

Principal of the United Colleges of St Salvador and St Leonard at St Andrews University from 1837 onwards, David Brewster…

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Posted in: Great Thinkers Filed under: Art, Photography, STEM

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