Björn Bergenholtz
(former alias "Calalp")
Anyone who know the exact Birth and Death (i.e. exactly when, and where) of Mr Parkinson, commemorated in ...
parkinsoniana (and Parkinsonius) as in:
• the invalid (Superb) Lyrebird "Paradisea parkinsoniana" SHAW 1803 (here, in text, with a Plate here), a k a the "Parkinsonian Paradise Bird", on the following pages (where we're told, in English) [my blue bolds]:
• the Generic name Parkinsonius BECHSTEIN 1811 (here, in German, with a Plate on the next page), a k a "Wunderbarer Parkinson" (Wonderful Parkinson!):
In today's Key we find the following explanations:
Thus, was the dedicatee truly a "John" (as told in the former OD, above), or was he a ditto "James" Parkinson ... !?!
Or are we maybe (once again) looking at a case of a plausibly, possibly (nick-named) James "John" Parkinson (alt. vice versa, the opposite way around)?
In any case, ... in a Paper by the (normally) very trustworthy Frank D. Steinheimer (2002/2003*) we find 'him' mentioned (on p.1) as [my blue bolds]:
What years to trust? And what Given name?
Or was Frank D. Steinheimer writing about a different guy all together (possibly a namesake, alt. a younger Brother, or a Cousin, etc., etc.)? Active in the same Area (of expertise, alt. in/at the same Leverian Museum) ... ?
Who knows?
Also maybe worthy of consideration is Vieillot's original (all French) text, about du/Le Parkinson (Male, here, resp. Jeune age/Juvenile, here), in which the dedicatee was/is mentioned as nothing but: "M. [Monsieur] Parkinson"
Hopefully of some help/use ...
Björn
PS. Either way, he's not to be confused with the English Expedition artist, and ditto collector, Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), commemorated in the Scientific name of the Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni GRAY 1862 (here).
*Steinheimer, F D. 2003 (2002). Darwin, Rüppell, Landbeck & Co. – Important Historical Collections at the Natural History Museum, Tring. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 51 (2–3): 175–188.
parkinsoniana (and Parkinsonius) as in:
• the invalid (Superb) Lyrebird "Paradisea parkinsoniana" SHAW 1803 (here, in text, with a Plate here), a k a the "Parkinsonian Paradise Bird", on the following pages (where we're told, in English) [my blue bolds]:
• the Generic name Parkinsonius BECHSTEIN 1811 (here, in German, with a Plate on the next page), a k a "Wunderbarer Parkinson" (Wonderful Parkinson!):
In today's Key we find the following explanations:
Thus, was the dedicatee truly a "John" (as told in the former OD, above), or was he a ditto "James" Parkinson ... !?!
Or are we maybe (once again) looking at a case of a plausibly, possibly (nick-named) James "John" Parkinson (alt. vice versa, the opposite way around)?
In any case, ... in a Paper by the (normally) very trustworthy Frank D. Steinheimer (2002/2003*) we find 'him' mentioned (on p.1) as [my blue bolds]:
What years to trust? And what Given name?
Or was Frank D. Steinheimer writing about a different guy all together (possibly a namesake, alt. a younger Brother, or a Cousin, etc., etc.)? Active in the same Area (of expertise, alt. in/at the same Leverian Museum) ... ?
Who knows?
Also maybe worthy of consideration is Vieillot's original (all French) text, about du/Le Parkinson (Male, here, resp. Jeune age/Juvenile, here), in which the dedicatee was/is mentioned as nothing but: "M. [Monsieur] Parkinson"
Hopefully of some help/use ...
Björn
PS. Either way, he's not to be confused with the English Expedition artist, and ditto collector, Sydney Parkinson (1745–1771), commemorated in the Scientific name of the Black Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni GRAY 1862 (here).
*Steinheimer, F D. 2003 (2002). Darwin, Rüppell, Landbeck & Co. – Important Historical Collections at the Natural History Museum, Tring. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 51 (2–3): 175–188.
