Thomas Campbell Eyton
Thomas Campbell Eyton JP, DL (10 September 1809 – 25 October 1880) was an English naturalist whose fields were cattle, fishes and birds. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin though he opposed his theories.[1]
Eyton was born at Eyton Hall, near Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at St John's College, Cambridge,[2] where he was a contemporary and friend of Charles Darwin. After succeeding to the estate in 1855 Eyton built a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall.
Eyton published History of the Rarer British Birds (1836), A Monograph on the Anatidae, Or Duck Tribe (1838), A History of Oyster and Oyster Fisheries (1858) and Osteologia Avium (1871–78).
Eyton was married in 1835 to Eizabeth Frances Slaney, the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Robert Aglionby Slaney MP. She pre-deceased him by ten years.[3]
He was a Justice of the Peace (JP) and a Deputy Lieutenant of Shropshire.[3]
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- ^ Darwin, Charles; Gillian Beer (1998). The Origin of Species. Oxford University Press. pp. 400. ISBN 019283438X. http://books.google.com/books?id=LDrPI52uFQsC&pg=PA400&dq=%22Thomas+Campbell+Eyton%22. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- ^ Venn, J.; Venn, J. A., eds. (1922–1958). "Eyton, Thomas Campbell". Alumni Cantabrigienses (10 vols) (online ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- ^ a b "Obituary: Thomas Campbell Eyton". The Times (London): pp. 6, col A. 29 October 1880.
- Mullens and Swann - A Bibliography of British Ornithology
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