Arthur Thomson (21 March 1858, Edinburgh – 7 February 1935, Oxford) was a British anatomist and anthropologist.[1] The underlying physiological explanation for Thomson's Rule is that noses help warm and humidify inhaled air; a longer and thinner nose increases the relative contact area between the air flow and the nasal cavity, and as such it becomes a highly selected trait in colder climates.In 1885 he was hired by Henry Acland to lecture on anatomy at the University of Oxford.Acland was determined to create a medical school at Oxford, but after he fell ill, Thomson had to bear much of the administrative burden.[4] His main pastime was watercolour painting, and he exhibited work occasionally at the Royal Academy, where he was a professor of anatomy from 1900–34.
University of Oxford Anthropology Diploma class of 1910-11. Thomson is front and center
