William Charles Linnaeus Martin

Drawing by Martin

William Charles Linnaeus Martin (1798–1864) was an English naturalist.

Biography[edit]

William Charles Linnaeus Martin was the son of William Martin (naturalist) and his wife, Mary.[1] William Martin had published early colour books on the fossils of Derbyshire, and named his son Linnaeus in honour of his interest in the classification of living things.[2]

Martin was the curator of the museum of the Zoological Society of London from 1830 to 1838,[3] 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),[4] The History of the Dog (1845),[5] The History of the Horse (1845),[6] and Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature (1848-9).[7] Many of Martin's works centred around the study of farm animals, particularly in the years 1847-1858.[8]

Martin died on 15 February 1864 at his home in Kent leaving a widow. He was a fellow of the Linnean Society.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Woodward, B. B., and Yolanda Foote. "Martin, William Charles Linnaeus (1798–1864), writer on natural history." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 14 Nov. 2022. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-18221 .
  2. ^ a b Parker, J. (1864). "Obituary". The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review. 216: 536. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
  3. ^ Archived March 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Martin, William Charles (1841). A Natural History of Quadrupeds and Other Mammiferous Animals: Comprising a Description of the Class Mammalia. Whitehead & C.
  5. ^ MARTIN, William Charles Linnæus (1845). The History of the Dog: Its Origin, Physical and Moral Characteristics, and Its Principal Varieties. Charles Knight & Company.
  6. ^ "The history of the horse : its origin, physical and moral characteristics, its principal varieties, and domestic allies / by W.C.L. Martin ; with an appendix on the diseases of the horse, by W. Youatt". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  7. ^ "The pictorial museum of animated nature / [Edited by C. Knight ; text by W.C.L. Martin]". Wellcome Collection. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  8. ^ Woodward, B. B., and Yolanda Foote. "Martin, William Charles Linnaeus (1798–1864), writer on natural history." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 23 Sep. 2004; Accessed 14 Nov. 2022. https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-18221 .


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