Ruth D'Arcy Thompson
(1958年刊行,Oxford Univeristy Press, London, xii+244 pp.)
大垣への往復移動の間に D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson の伝記を読み始めた.ダーシーの娘による父の伝記.ダーシーは北欧ヴァイキングの末裔だそうで,祖先たちは「海に生きる一族」とのこと.イングランドではなく,スコットランドを活動の拠点としたのは当然のことかも.それにしても,幼少のみぎりから「変わっていた」だったようで,後年はナチスと共産主義が大好きな人だったというからよほどの奇人変人だったんだろうなあ.去年から今年にかけて「D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson」名で復刻版が何冊か出ている.しかし,変人の息子とその父がミドルネームまで含めて「完全一致」というレアケースなので,名前に釣られて購入するととても痛い目に遭う.父親もまた古典文学の先生だった.
【目次】
Foreword - vii
List of Illustrations - xiI. Background and Beginning - 1
The Thompsons of Maryport
Joseph Gamgee - the Father of the Veternary Profession
Childhood and Early Influences, 1860II. The Edinburgh Academy: 1870 - 20
Dr. Clyde's ClassIII. The University of Edinburgh: 1878 - 30
Medicine or Science?IV. Trinity College, Cambridge: 1880 - 45
Natural ScienceV. University College, Dundee: 1884 - 66
The Young ProfessorVI. The Behring Sea Commision: 1896-7 - 99
VII. The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea: 1902 - 124
The Fishery Board for Scotland
Marriage, 1901VIII. On Growth and Form: 1917 - 153
Historia Animalium, 1910
British Association in Dundee, 1912
Lectures between 1912 and 1919
Fellow of the Royal Society, 1916IX. The University of St. Andrews: 1917 - 165
Home LifeX. Recognition - 186
Writings, Travels, Lectures between 1918 and 1939
President of the Classical Association of Great Britain, 1929
President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1934
Jubilee as Professor, 1934
Hon. Degrees: Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Trinity College, Dublin, 1933-4
Lowell Lectures: Second Edition of The Glossary of Greek Birds, 1936XI. Last Years - 204
Knighthood, 1937
Second Edition of On Growth and Form, 1942
Medals: Linnean 1938, Daniel Giraud Elliott 1942, Darwin 1976, Hon. Degree: D. C. L.
The Glossary of Greek Fishes, 1947
The End of a Long Life, 1948Epilogue - 217
Postscript: Growth and Form by P. B. Medawar - 219
Appendixes
I. List of Principal Publications of D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson - 234
II. Genealogical Table - 236
III. D. C. L. Oration - 237
Index - 240