Some Biogeographers, Evolutionists and Ecologists:
Newbigin distinguished herself after the turn of the century by involving herself in a succession of subjects extending to practically the entire breadth of the field of geography. These studies led to a parallel succession of books written in a style that provided both a readable review and analysis of each topic. It should thus not be surprising that Newbigin was also a highly effective editor of a generalist serial title, the Scottish Geographical Magazine, for over thirty years. Newbigin's early studies focused on biology rather than geography; she was an assistant to J. Arthur Thomson during her student days at Edinburgh (and much later succeeded him at the medical college there), and later worked on the natural history collections brought back by the Challenger expedition. Among her contributions to the early development of the field of geography was to demonstrate the relation of biology--and the scientific method--to the subject, for example through her influential book Animal Geography in 1913.
--born in Alnwick, Northumberland, Scotland, in 1869.
For Additional Information, See:
--Oxford Dictionary of National Biography,
Vol. 40 (2004).
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