William Charles Linnaeus Martin

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

Drawing by Martin

Biography

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
  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. 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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