Bo Beolens

The Eponym Dictionary of Birds

A comprehensive dictionary listing all the people whose names are commemorated in the English and scientific names of birds. Birdwatchers often come a...

The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians

New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addi...

The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles

Who was Richard Kemp, after whom the Kemp’s ridley sea turtle is named? Is Wake’s Gecko named after Berkeley’s Marvalee Wake? Or perhaps her hus...

Whose Bird?

Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds

Birders often wonder about the people commemorated in the names of many of our familiar bird species. Was Bonaparte's Gull named after Napoleon? Was t...

The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals

Just who was the Przewalski after whom Przewalski's horse was named? Or Husson, the eponym for the rat Hydromys hussoni? Or the Geoffroy whose name is...

Whose Bird?

Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate

Is Bonaparte's Gull named after Napoleon Bonaparte? Is the Pallas' Sandgrouse named for the same individual as the Pallas' Warbler? This entertaining ...

Sharks: An Eponym Dictionary

This fascinating reference book delves into the origins of the vernacular and scientific names of sharks, rays, skates and chimeras. Each entry offers...

Eponym Dictionary of Odonata

Provides a listing of all those after whom damselflies and dragonflies have been named. Each entry is cross-referenced so the relationships between sc...

Eponym Dictionary of Fishes

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 scie...