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At Wentworth Castle he had John Platt (1728–1810) [22] on the site as master mason and Charles Ross ( –1770/75) to draft the final drawings and act as "superintendent"; Ross was a carpenter and joiner of London who had worked under the Palladian architect and practised architectural amanuensis, Matthew Brettingham, at Strafford's London ...
A taxon (e.g., species or genus; plural: taxa) named in honor of another entity is an eponymous taxon, and names specifically honoring a person or persons are known as patronyms. Scientific names are generally formally published in peer-reviewed journal articles or larger monographs along with descriptions of the named taxa and ways to ...
This list is part of the List of organisms named after famous people, and includes organisms named after famous individuals born before 1 January 1800. It also includes ensembles in which at least one member was born before that date; but excludes companies, institutions, ethnic groups or nationalities , and populated places.
Deering, New Hampshire – Frances Deering Wentworth (the maiden name of Governor John Wentworth's wife) [171] Delancey, New York – James De Lancey (landowner) [171] DeLand, Florida – Henry Addison DeLand (founder, also founded Stetson University) [171] Delano, California – Columbus Delano
The name for this species was suggested by my friend M. Daccordi, who presented me the type specimens." [98] Chrysopilus kafkai Cegolin & Santos, 2020: Fly: Franz Kafka "Based on its general dark color, the species is named after the fiction author Franz Kafka, whose literature mostly deals with the darkness and absurdity of human behavior." [99]
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Albert Kellogg (see Kelloggia) Since the first printing of Carl Linnaeus's Species Plantarum in 1753, plants have been assigned one epithet or name for their species and one name for their genus, a grouping of related species. Thousands of plants have been named for people, including botanists and their colleagues, plant collectors, horticulturists, explorers, rulers, politicians, clerics ...
Stainborough is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England. The parish contains 33 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, one is listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, eight are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish contains the former ...