The Eponym Dictionary is a series of brief but concise biographies
of all those people after whom fish have been named in both the
vernacular and scientific names. It also covers names which seem to
be eponyms but are not, such as toponyms, names of organisations,
ethnic groups, etc. It also shows the networks of scientific
collaboration, friendship or patronage. Each species named after an
individual is listed with their authors and years for context and
wherever possible it is shown how the authors and the eponym are
linked. Every effort has been made to be accurate and meticulous,
and the book is also a repository of biographical knowledge that
will entertain as well as inform. In conjunction with the other
books it forms a database of everyone named in a vertebrate. For
ease of use, this volume is designed as a dictionary, making it
easy to find the person behind the name and, in doing so, discover
which fish commemorates them and learn something of their lives and
background. For many obscure individuals, these vignettes may be as
full a biography of the person as possible, but for the famous it
is merely a starting point that shows the enquirer, with
confidence, the right person. Some brief entries summarise whole
volumes of biography, especially those honoured in a name because
of their standing in society rather than their scientific
behaviour. There is a vast range of derivations related not just to
scientists, zoologists and scholars, but also pop stars, TV and
film personalities and writers. There is a whole world of aquarists
and fish hobbyists, many of whom have been immortalised for adding
to our knowledge of tropical fish. Moreover, there are many people
whose only claim to fame is that naming. The parents, spouses, sons
and daughters of ichthyologists are well-represented, as are their
teachers and even their lovers. The Eponym Dictionary of Fishes is
a web of relationships and connections, icons and idols.
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