[Taxacom] variant author names

Dr. David Campbell amblema at bama.ua.edu
Thu Aug 27 16:11:18 CDT 2009


Quoting Francisco Welter-Schultes <fwelter at gwdg.de>:

> David,
> 
> > Glasnik Hrvatskogo Prirodoslovnogo Drustva
> in our catalogue Glasnik Hrvatskog Prirodoslovnog Drustva, but this 
> is incorrect, I checked the original.
> s = s-hadzhik
 
> > GorjanoviƦ-Kramberger, K. 1923. 
> you meant Gorjanovic with accent d'aigu on the last c.

That's what I typed, but obviously it didn't properly transmit.  
Preserving the correct symbol for letters with diacritical marks is 
apparently a significant challenge when working across programs.  Is 
this because a large proportion of the programmers are anglophones who 
don't know what to do with diacritical marks?  
 
> We don't have volume 35 here, shall I order it from interlibrary 
> loan and check the spelling?

I have an interlibrary scan, though they neglected to provide a clear 
title page-what I have starts with an article title and doesn't 
obviously state the author (though the text later provides 
identification via self-reference).  In synonomies, the paper features 
both sequences (typically abbreviated G K and K G).  At least once it 
seems to switch between the two for the same citation (I am temporarily 
disconnected from the drive with the copy, because of a thunderstorm, 
and can't check exactly).  

Bouchet and Rocroi cite the name consistently as Kramberger Gorjanovic 
(abandoning the attempt to provide the proper accents in my email).  My 
uninformed speculation is that either Slavic and German uses in 
compound family names differed or else there's some change in sequence 
in compound family name that relates to marital status.  

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Dr. David Campbell
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