Some additional etymological information – Part I (1 Viewer)

[Björn Bergenholtz]

No. 1 – princei in …
● Grey Ground-Thrush Zoothera princei SHARPE 1874: "This new species is dedicated to my old valued friend Mr. Edwin C. Prince, for more than forty years the faithful coadjutor of Mr. John Gould."
= the British naturalist and Secretary and business manager (to precisely John Gould): Edwin Charles Prince (1809–1874), born in London in 1809 ... died of bronchitis 1874 at his home in London, aged 65. More on him, see link (here).

Another link regarding the man behind (Geokichla) Zoothera princei SHARPE 1874; here
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[James Jobling]

"In 1875 Edwin C. Prince died. he had been Gould's highly-esteemed and devoted secretary and business manager for 45 years" (G. C. Sauer, 1982, John Gould The Bird Man. A Chronology and Bibliography, p. 149). Amelia A. Prince became Gould's secretary in 1876 (her first extant letter is dated 15 April of that year).

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

Or here (p.18) and BBOC 126 (No.3) 2006 (here) alt. here; "Prince died on 16 August 1874" or here; "… Prince died, on 14 August 1874", Dates differ, but at least August 1874 seems to be correct.

If further curious see: Lambourne, Maureen & Christine E. Jackson. 1993. Mr. Prince: John Gould's Invaluable Secretary. Naturae No. 4. Centre for Bibliographical and Textual Studies, Monash University

If of any use?
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[Björn Bergenholtz]

... Amelia A. Prince became Gould's secretary in 1876 (her first extant letter is dated 15 April of that year).

Letters of John Gould (kept in the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas) here, has at least one letter they suspect is written by Amelia Prince, as early as 9th of April 1874.

Maybe she started earlier, simply helping Edwin Charles Prince at work?

 

[Björn Bergenholtz]

The abdimii issue continues in a separate, brand new thread: Abdim's alt. Ab(i)din's Stork ... !?

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[Taphrospilus]

Another link regarding the man behind (Geokichla) Zoothera princei SHARPE 1874; here
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Nothing sensational new. Just what The Eponym Dictionary of Birds claims:

Grey Ground Thrush Zoothera princei Sharpe 1874
Edwin C. Prince (d.1873) was an English naturalist, and John Gould's (q.v.) assistant (1830).

The Key to Scientific Names is already up to date.