William Charles Linnaeus Martin

William Charles Linnaeus Martin (* 1798 , † February 15, 1864 in Lee (Kent) ) was a British naturalist and author.

Martin was the son of the naturalist and paleontologist William Martin , who named him after Carl von Linné . From 1830 to 1838 he was curator of the Museum of the Zoological Society of London . After being fired due to budget cuts, he wrote books and essays on natural history that made him famous.

He was a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London .

Fonts

• A Natural History of Quadrupeds and other Mammiferous Animals, London 1840 Digitized
• A general introduction to the natural history of mammiferous animals, with a particular view of the physical history of man, and the more closely allied genera of the order Quadrumana, or monkeys . Wright & Co., London 1841 Digitized
• The history of the dog: its origin, physical and moral characteristics, and its principal varieties. Charles Knight & Co., London 1845 Digitized
• The history of the horse: its origin, physical and moral characteristics, its principal varieties, and domestic allies . Charles Knight & Co., London 1845 Digitized
• A popular history of reptiles, or, An introduction to the study of the class of reptilia on scientific principles. The Religious Tract Society, London Digitized
• Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, 1848/49
• An Introduction to the Study of Birds. . . with a particular Notice of the Birds mentioned in Scripture, London
• A General History of Humming Birds. . . with. . . reference to the Collection of J. Gould, London 1852

He has also published in the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, and on farm pets in the Farmer's Library , the Books for the Country series and The Country House . He was the editor of the 4th edition of Feathered Tribes of the British Islands , by Mudie.

literature

• Bernard Barham Woodward: Martin, William Charles Linnaeus, Dictionary of National Biography , Online
• Obituary in Gentleman's Magazine, January – June 1864, p. 536, Google Books