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Thomas Vere Hodgson (1864–1926) was a biologist aboard H.M.S. ''Discovery'' during the ''Discovery'' Expedition of 1901–1904, known by the nickname ''Muggins''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Some Antarctic Nicknames )〕 He pursued his interest in marine biology initially in his spare time, but eventually found work at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth. He worked on the collections from the ''Southern Cross'' Expedition,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet the Crew of Scott's Discovery Expedition )〕 before joining the Discovery expedition as one of its oldest members, at 37.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Thomas Vere Hodgson - Biographical notes )〕 The post of naturalist had previously been offered to William Speirs Bruce, who declined, preferring to travel on the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Antarctic Explorer: Robert Falcon Scott )〕 Hodgson's work on the ''Discovery'' provided the first descriptions of deep sea floor communities in the Antarctic.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History of Antarctic Benthic Ecology: The Lost Experiments )〕 Hodgson was reappointed curator of the Plymouth Museum on his return and went on to study the collections from the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902–1904.〔 He died in May 1926.〔 The National Marine Biological Library at the Marine Biological Association hold some of Hodgson's scientific notes in the MBA Archive Collection.〔T.V. Hodgson material in the MBA Archive Collection: http://www.mba.ac.uk/NMBL/archives/archives_personal/personal_papers.htm#hodgson〕 Cape Hodgson, the northernmost point of Black Island in the Ross Archipelago is named after Thomas Hodgson.〔 Hodgson was a fellow of the Anthropological Institute. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Vere Hodgson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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