William Charles Linnaeus Martin
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William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798 - 1864) was an English
naturalist
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who had published early colour books on the fossils of Derbyshire. He named his son Linnaeus in honour of his interest in the classification of living things.
Martin was the curator of the museum of the Zoological Society of London
from 1830 to 1838, when he lost his appointment due to financial cutbacks. He then became a freelance natural history writer, publishing over a thousand articles and books, including A Natural History of Quadrupeds and other Mammiferous Animals (1841), The History of the Dog (1845), The History of the Horse (1845) and Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature (1848-9).
Martin died on 15 February 1864 at his home in Kent leaving a widow. He was a fellow of the Linnaeus Society.
England
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Natural history
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Biography
William Charles Linnaeus Martin was the son of William MartinWilliam Martin (naturalist)
William Martin was an English naturalist and palaeontologist who proposed that science should use fossils as evidence to support the study of natural history. Martin published the first colour pictures of fossils and the first scientific study of fossils in English.-Biography:Martin was born in...
who had published early colour books on the fossils of Derbyshire. He named his son Linnaeus in honour of his interest in the classification of living things.
Martin was the curator of the museum of the Zoological Society of London
Zoological Society of London
The Zoological Society of London is a charity devoted to the worldwide conservation of animals and their habitats...
from 1830 to 1838, when he lost his appointment due to financial cutbacks. He then became a freelance natural history writer, publishing over a thousand articles and books, including A Natural History of Quadrupeds and other Mammiferous Animals (1841), The History of the Dog (1845), The History of the Horse (1845) and Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature (1848-9).
Martin died on 15 February 1864 at his home in Kent leaving a widow. He was a fellow of the Linnaeus Society.