Michael Watkins is a British
shipbroker and
zoologist
Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one ...
. He is known for his books about the
eponym
An eponym is a noun after which or for which someone or something is, or is believed to be, named. Adjectives derived from the word ''eponym'' include ''eponymous'' and ''eponymic''.
Eponyms are commonly used for time periods, places, innovati ...
s of species.
Watkins is co-author of the books ''Whose Bird?: Men and Women Commemorated in the Common Names of Birds'',
''The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals'',
''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles'',
''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians'',
[https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1699/1699] and ''The Eponym Dictionary of Birds''.
The book ''Whose Bird?'' details more than 4,000 people who have been commemorated with common names of birds and was originally conceived as a method of raising money for the Disabled Birders Association.
Publications
*
Beolens, B. & Watkins, M. (2003). ''Whose Bird?: Men and women commemorated in the common names of birds''. Eastbourne, United Kingdom: Gardners Books. 400 pp. .
* Beolens, B., Watkins, M. &
Grayson, M. (2009). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. 592 pp. .
* Beolens, B., Watkins, M. & Grayson, M. (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. .
* Beolens, B., Watkins, M. & Grayson, M. (2013). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Amphibians''. Exeter, England: Pelagic Publishing Ltd. xiii + 244 pp. .
* Beolens, B., Watkins, M. & Grayson, M. (2014). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Birds''. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 624 pp. .
References
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British zoologists