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Etymology
editIs the etymology of the name known? There are a few places called Embleton though only a couple are coastal. Or is it from a scientist's surname? This is not my field so I don't know if it's suitable for the article, but I did wonder. Best wishes to all DBaK (talk) 13:59, 6 June 2015 (UTC)
- Dennis Embleton was a British naturalist (1810-1900) who was co-author of a monograph on British Tunicata. See [1].
He also wrote : D. Embleton, 1867. "Notice of the life of the late Joshua Alder, Esq. Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham, 1: 324-337" and D. Embleton, 1874. "Memoir of the life of Albany Hancock, F.L.S., etc. Natural History Transactions of Northumberland and Durham 5(2): 118-141" Hope this helps. JoJan (talk) 14:55, 6 June 2015 (UTC).
- Aha, very interesting, thank you. This bloke then, must be? Does that suggest that it is he who is the origin of the name? And if so would we normally include something like that in the article?? Cheers DBaK (talk) 08:30, 7 June 2015 (UTC)
The name of a family is always derived from the name of the type genus. So your question really is about the genus name. Invertzoo (talk) 12:57, 29 June 2015 (UTC)