Thomas Everett Thompson

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

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FZS (3 November 1933 – 1 January 1990) was a British

malacologist Malacology, from Ancient Greek μαλακός (''malakós''), meaning "soft", and λόγος (''lógos''), meaning "study", is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (molluscs or mollusks), the second-largest ...

and embryologist, known for his extensive studies on opisthobranch molluscs. Thompson graduated from the

University of Wales, Bangor Bangor University () is a public research university in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. It was established by Royal Charter in 1885 as the University College of North Wales (UCNW; ), and in 1893 became one of the founding institutions of the federal ...

, in 1954 and earned his PhD from the same university for research on dorid nudibranchs. He was awarded a D.Sc. in 1964. He was a Leverhulme Research Fellow,

University of Liverpool The University of Liverpool (abbreviated UOL) is a Public university, public research university in Liverpool, England. Founded in 1881 as University College Liverpool, Victoria University (United Kingdom), Victoria University, it received Ro ...

, and a lecturer in zoology at University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, before taking up a lectureship in zoology at the

University of Bristol The University of Bristol is a public university, public research university in Bristol, England. It received its royal charter in 1909, although it can trace its roots to a Merchant Venturers' school founded in 1595 and University College, Br ...

in 1963. He authored more than 115 scientific papers and books, including a two-volume

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monograph on British opisthobranch molluscs.

Taxa named after T.E. Thompson

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Chromodoris thompsoni ''Chromodoris thompsoni'' is a species of very colourful sea slug, a dorid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Chromodorididae. Distribution This species was described from Providential Hd, Wattamolla Bay, Royal National Park, ...

'' Rudman, 1983 * ''Colpodaspis thompsoni'' G.H. Brown, 1979 * ''

Cuthona ''Cuthona'' is a genus of nudibranch in the family Cuthonidae.Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). ''Cuthona'' Alder & Hancock, 1855. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138543 ...

thompsoni'' Garcia, Lopez-González & Garcia-Gomez, 1991 * '' Elysia thompsoni'' Jensen, 1993 * '' Loy thompsoni'' Millen & Nybakken, 1991 * ''

Pseudovermis ''Pseudovermis'' is genus of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Pseudovermidae Pseudovermidae is a taxonomic family of minute sea slugs, specifically aolid nudibranchs, ...

thompsoni'' Salvini-Plawen, 1991 * ''

Glaucus In Greek mythology, Glaucus (; ) was a Greek prophetic sea-god, born mortal and turned immortal upon eating a magical herb. It was believed that he came to the rescue of sailors and fishermen in storms, having earlier earned a living from the ...

thompsoni'' Churchill, Valdes & Foighil 2014Churchill, C.K.C., Valdes, A. & Foighil, D.O. (2014). Molecular and morphological systematics of neustonic nudibranchs (Mollusca : Gastropoda : Glaucidae : ''Glaucus''), with descriptions of three new cryptic species. ''Invertebrate Systematics'' 28(2): 174 – 195.

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