From:
Hugh Edwin Strickland
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
31 Jan 1849
Source of text:
Museum of Zoology Archives, University of Cambridge (Strickland Papers)
Summary:
Responds to CD’s two objections to the principles involved in the "Rules of zoological nomenclature": (1) that strict enforcement of the rule of priority would cause much inconvenience, and (2) attaching name of the first describer in perpetuity puts a premium on careless description by "species mongers".
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project