William Charles Linnaeus Martin

William Charles Linnaeus Martin was the son of William Martin (naturalist) and his wife, Mary.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 . William Martin had published early colour books on the fossils of Derbyshire, and named his son Linnaeus in honour of Carl Linnaeus's interest in the classification of living things.{{cite journal|last=Parker|first=J.|title=Obituary|journal=The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review |page=536|year=1864|volume=216|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qk5FAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA536 |accessdate=12 February 2011}}

Martin was the curator of the museum of the Zoological Society of London from 1830 to 1838,{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305220342/https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter |access-date=16 March 2023 |date=March 5, 2016}} 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),{{Cite book |last=Martin |first=William Charles |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0JhAAAAAcAAJ |title=A Natural History of Quadrupeds and Other Mammiferous Animals: Comprising a Description of the Class Mammalia |date=1841 |publisher=Whitehead & C. |language=en}} The History of the Dog (1845),{{Cite book |last=MARTIN |first=William Charles Linnæus |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YjlkAAAAcAAJ&dq=the+history+of+the+dog+W+C+L+Martin&pg=PR1 |title=The History of the Dog: Its Origin, Physical and Moral Characteristics, and Its Principal Varieties |date=1845 |publisher=Charles Knight & Company |language=en}} The History of the Horse (1845),{{Cite web |title=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. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/rnt4efbb |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Wellcome Collection |language=en}} and Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature (1848-9).{{Cite web |title=The pictorial museum of animated nature / [Edited by C. Knight ; text by W.C.L. Martin]. |url=https://wellcomecollection.org/works/yhndkkcf |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Wellcome Collection |language=en}} Many of Martin's works centred around the study of farm animals, particularly in the years 1847-1858.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 .

Martin died on 15 February 1864 at his home in Kent leaving a widow. He was a fellow of the Linnean Society.

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