Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
I have to reurn to Monsieur Victor Sganzin (who suposedly died in 1841) ...
Which I suspect is the same guy as the one commemorated in the scientific name ...
sganzini as in:
• Comoro Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas sganzini BONAPARTE 1854 (here) as "Fun. [Funingus] sganzini, O. des Murs, d'apres Verreaux. ..." ... no dedication nor any explanation.
Apparently this name was coined earlier by Œillet des Murs and/or (Jules?) Verreaux, but where and when is unknown (to me). Bonaparte himself seems totally unaware of late Monsieur Sqanzin, maybe he didn´t know him at all?
Other sources claim Monsieur Sganzin to have been "… né à Strasbourg en 1799". But if he truly did is also unknown to me. However, this far, no dates found on his birth.
Today's HBW Alive Key has him as:
Anyone now know anything additional!?
Björn
PS. He's also mentioned earlier in this Forum, back in 2014, in thread ... and 22 plausible etymologies! (here), even if that certain Post (that I have to admit) wasn´t, the easiest one, neither to read nor to follow in thought! .
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... est décéde à Lorient, le 23 Février 1841, à lʼâge de quarante-deux ans. C'était un observateur zélé et les observations, que nous possédons de lui sur plusiers animaux malgasches, sont fort intréssantes. (from here)
Which I suspect is the same guy as the one commemorated in the scientific name ...
sganzini as in:
• Comoro Blue-Pigeon Alectroenas sganzini BONAPARTE 1854 (here) as "Fun. [Funingus] sganzini, O. des Murs, d'apres Verreaux. ..." ... no dedication nor any explanation.
Apparently this name was coined earlier by Œillet des Murs and/or (Jules?) Verreaux, but where and when is unknown (to me). Bonaparte himself seems totally unaware of late Monsieur Sqanzin, maybe he didn´t know him at all?
Other sources claim Monsieur Sganzin to have been "… né à Strasbourg en 1799". But if he truly did is also unknown to me. However, this far, no dates found on his birth.
Today's HBW Alive Key has him as:
sganzini
Capt. Victor Sganzin (fl. 1840) French Army, Governor of Ile Sainte-Marie, Madagascar 1831-1832, naturalist, collector (Alectroenas).
Anyone now know anything additional!?
Björn
PS. He's also mentioned earlier in this Forum, back in 2014, in thread ... and 22 plausible etymologies! (here), even if that certain Post (that I have to admit) wasn´t, the easiest one, neither to read nor to follow in thought! .
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