Alistair Cameron Crombie (4 November 1915 – 9 February 1996) was an Australian historian of science who began his career as a zoologist. He was noted for his contributions to research on competition between species before turning to history. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... February 9 is the 40th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Born in Brisbane, Australia, Crombie studied at the universities of Melbourne and Cambridge. In the 1970s he turned his attention to the history of science and identified thematic threads or "styles" in the development of European approaches to science. He published his ideas in definitive volumes in 1994. Melbourne is the state capital and largest city in the Australian state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia (after Sydney), with a population of approximately 3. ... Map of the Cambridgeshire area (1904) The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. ...