User:Dick Bos/BotAuthors

Botanical and Ornithological Authors / Abbreviations

Where to find?

• List of botanical authors by abbreviation on Wikipedia-en
• List of ornithologists by abbreviation on en-wiki
• Harvard Index of botanists
• via Scottish Ornithologists: reference list of The Birds of Scotland
• Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. 
• Historical Rare Birds <- quiet extensive!
• Mullens/Swann 1917 at BHL:
  Mullens, W.H.; Swann, H. Kirke (1917). A bibliography of British ornithology, from the earliest times to the end of 1912, including biographical accounts of the principal writers and bibliographies of their published works. London: Macmillan & Co.  (IA; same copy)
• XL-sheet with references by Naylor (ca. 2014); see: this page and this page on britishbirds.co.uk
• Knox 2007 - Taxonomy etc. with a lot of info on taxonomists
• Materials for the Biography of Contemporary Scientists (Isis 1923) <- check !!!!! (2021-10-03)
• Biographical Notices of the Original Members of the British Ornithologists' Union, of the principal Contributors to the First Series of ‘The Ibis’ and of the Officials (Ibis, 1909): [online; o.a. J.H. Gurney (sr.), Alfred Newton, Lord Lilford, Philip Lutley Sclater, H.E. Dresser, Howard Saunders, J.L. Bonhote, etc.

About the syntax of the abbreviations

• "ex." means ....... (e.g....)

Contributed on Wikisource

• Buch(anan) (2012-05-02)
• Cheeseman (update; 2012-05-04)
• T.Kirk (2012-05-04)
• Petrie (2012-05-07)

Todo

• Author: Joseph Dalton Hooker might need some reorganizing. See also comment by User:Zoeannl on 20151214.