Thomas Martyn (zoologist)

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Thomas Martyn (* before 1760 in Coventry , † 1816 ) was a British malacologist , entomologist and draftsman.

Live and act

Little is known of Martyn. It is proven from around 1760. Martyn had a private drawing and drawing school in London, where he particularly taught drawing of objects from nature. Judging by the information in his books, he has received high honors from various kings. His works, some of which he dedicated to kings (according to the English entomologist Charles IV of Spain ), were excellently furnished and printed.

In 1784 he published a book about mussels and snails, for which he made drawings with students ( translated into French by Jean-Charles Chenu ). It was based on large collections in London, particularly from the Pacific. In 1792 an entomological book followed with drawings, especially of beetles . He was also a political pamphleteer.

He was sometimes confused with the botanist of the same name, Thomas Martyn .

Fonts

  • Hints of important uses to be derived from Aerostatic Globes. With a Print of an Aerostatic Globe. 1784
  • The Universal Conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known Shell, accurately drawn and painted after Nature, with a new systematic arrangement. 4 volumes, London 1784, 2nd edition 1789
  • The English Entomologist, exhibiting all the Coleopterous Insects found in England, including upwards of five hundred different species. 1792
  • Aranei, or a Natural History of Spiders. 1793
  • Psyche: Figures of non-descript Lepidopterous Insects. 1797
  • A Dive into Buonaparte's Councils on his projected Invasion of old England. 1804

literature

  • George Simonds Boulger: Martyn, Thomas. In: Dictionary of National Biography . wikisource
  • Harry B. Weiss : Thomas Martyn, Conchologist, Entomologist and Pamphleteer of the Eighteenth Century. In: The American Collector. Volume 3, 1926, pp. 57-62
  • Harry B. Weiss: Thomas Martyn's English Entomologist. In: Journal of the New York Entomological Society. Volume 46, 1938, p. 321
  • WH Dall: Thomas Martyn and the Universal Conchologist. In: Proc. United States National Museum. Volume 29, 1905, pp. 415-432
  • WH Dall: Supplementary Notes on Martyn's Universal Conchologist. In: Proc. United States National Museum. Volume 33, 1907, pp. 185-192
personal data
SURNAME Martyn, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British malacologist, entomologist and draftsman
DATE OF BIRTH before 1760
PLACE OF BIRTH Coventry
DATE OF DEATH 1816