Keith Stewart Thomson Explained

Birth Date:	27 September 1938
Birth Place:	Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Occupation:	Natural history professor, author
Alma Mater:	University of Birmingham Harvard University

Keith Stewart Thomson (born 1938; B.SC. Birmingham, AM, Ph.D. Harvard) was from 2003 to 2012 a senior research fellow of the American Philosophical Society^[1] and is, starting in 2012, the Executive Officer of the American Philosophical Society^[2] and is an emeritus professor of natural history at the University of Oxford.^[3] He was appointed director of the Oxford University Museum of Natural History in July 1998.^[4] In 1987 he was appointed president of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. He had earlier been a dean at Yale University and director of Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History.^[5] He is the author of several books and essays that deal with paleontology, the history of science and evolution.

Bibliography

• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . Morphogenesis and evolution . Oxford University Press . Oxford [Oxfordshire] . 1988 . 0-19-504912-8. ^{[6] [7]}
• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . Living fossil: the story of the coelacanth . W.W. Norton . New York . 1991 . 0-393-30868-5. ^[8]
• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . The common but less frequent loon and other essays . Yale University Press . New Haven, Conn . 1993 . 0-300-06654-6. ^[9]
• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . HMS Beagle: the story of Darwin's ship . W.W. Norton . New York . 1995 . 0-393-03778-9. ^[10]
• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . Treasures on Earth: Museums, Collections and Paradoxes . Faber and Faber . London . 2002 . 0-571-21295-6.
• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . Fossils: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press . Oxford [Oxfordshire] . 2005 . 978-0-19-280504-1. ^[11]
• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . Before Darwin: Reconciling God and Nature . Yale University Press . New Haven, Conn . 2007 . 978-0-300-12600-6. ^{[12] [13] [14]}
• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . The Legacy of the Mastodon: The Golden Age of Fossils in America . Yale University Press . New Haven, Conn . 2008 . 978-0-300-11704-2. ^[15]
• Book: Thomson, Keith Stewart . The Young Charles Darwin . Yale University Press . New Haven, Conn . 2009 . 978-0-300-13608-1. ^[16]
• Book: Thomson, Keith. Jefferson's Shadow. Yale University Press. 2012. 978-0300187403. en. ^[17]

Notes and References

1. http://keithsthomson.com/bio.html Keith S. Thomson – Bio
2. http://www.amphilsoc.org/about/exec Keith Stewart Thomson, Executive Officer, American Philosophical Society
3. Web site: American Scientist Online .
4. News: DIRECTORSHIP OF THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY . 15 January 1998 . .
5. News: Getting Its Man: Science Academy at Last has a New President . January 21, 1987. D01 . .
6. Erwin. Douglas H.. 1990. Variations on a Theme. 2400936. Paleobiology. 16. 1. 96–101. 10.1017/s0094837300009763.
7. Hall. Brian K.. 1989. The Shape of Things to Come. 2409473. Evolution. 43. 7. 1571–1573. 10.2307/2409473.
8. Musick. J. A.. 1993. Review of Living Fossil. The Story of the Coelacanth. 1447265. Copeia. 1993. 3. 897–899. 10.2307/1447265.
9. van Berkum . Fredrica H. . Review of The Common But Less Frequent Loon and Other Essays by Keith Stewart Thomson . The Quarterly Review of Biology . University of Chicago Press . 70 . 1 . 1995 . 0033-5770 . 10.1086/418873 . 63–64.
10. Thomson, Keith. H.M.S. Beagle, 1820–1870; (reprint of 1975 article). May–June 2014. American Scientist.
11. Demoncheaux, Eric. Review of Fossils: A Very Short Introduction by Keith Thomson and Dinosaurs: A Very Short Introduction by David Norman. Autumn 2007 . Science in School . 6 .
12. Roberts. Jon H.. 2006. Review of Before Darwin: Reconciling God and Nature. 30043469. Journal of the Early Republic. 26. 4. 704–707. 10.1353/jer.2006.0076. 144143000.
13. Marshall. Wallace W.. 2006. Review of Before Darwin: Reconciling God and Nature. 4332019. Journal of the History of Biology. 39. 2. 407–410. 10.1007/s10739-006-0009-1. 189843333.
14. Califano. Joseph J.. 2007. Review of Before Darwin: Reconciling God and Nature. 20130879. The Review of Metaphysics. 60. 4. 887–889.
15. Anderson, Lyall I.. Review: Legacy of the Mastodon by K. Thomson. Geol. Mag.. 2009. 146. 6. 941–942. 10.1017/s0016756809006049.
16. Laporte, Léo F.. Review: The Young Charles Darwin by Keith Thomson. Reports of the National Center for Science Education. 1–2. January–April 2010. 27–28.
17. Witkin. Joan. 2013. Review of Jefferson's Shadow: The Story of His Science. 24487057. Journal of the Early Republic. 33. 3. 563–565. 10.1353/jer.2013.0046. 145214471.