William Theobald
William Theobald (* 1829 ; † March 31, 1908 in Ilfracombe , Devon ) was a zoologist ( malacology , herpetology ) and paleontologist and worked for the Geological Survey of India .
Life
Theobald came to India in 1847 and was initially employed in the search for coal under David Williams and then John McClelland. It was taken over by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) founded in 1851 and went to Burma for it . In 1873 he returned to Bengal , where he became Deputy Superintendent of the GSI for Bengal in 1876. In 1881 he retired and returned to England.
He published a catalog of reptiles in India and with Sylvanus Hanley (1819–1899) a monograph on land and freshwater snails in India. He also wrote a new edition (almost entirely written by him) of Francis Mason's work on the natural history of Burma. His attempts to renew the botanical nomenclature therein met with little approval from botanists. He also wrote writings about Shakespeare authorship .
A mammal and three reptiles were named after him.
Fonts
- Descriptive catalog of the reptiles of British India, Calcutta: Thacker Spink 1876, Archive
- with Sylvanus Hanley: Conchologia Indica: Illustrations of the Land and Freshwater Shells of British India, Malacological Society of London, 1870 to 1876, Archives
- with Francis Mason: Burma, its people and productions; or notes on the fauna, flora and minerals of Tenasserim, Pegu and Burma, 2 volumes, Hertford, England, 1882, 1883
- On the authorship of the sonnets attributed to Shakespeare. An inquiry into the respective claims of Bacon, Sir Philip Sidney, and others, to be their author, Budleigh Salterton, Parsons, 1896 Archive
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson: The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, Pelagic Publ. 2013
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| SURNAME | Theobald, William |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British zoologist (malacology, herpetology) and paleontologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1829 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1908 |
| Place of death | Ilfracombe , Devon |