[Taxacom] Author surname Clark or James-Clark? (Henry James Clark)

[dipteryx at freeler.nl]

This may just be a personal habit. There is also
Hugh Hamshaw Thomas, who consistently published 
as "H. Hamshaw Thomas"

Paul

> Op 24-09-2021 08:30 schreef Tony Rees via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>:
> 
>  
> Dear Taxacomers,
> 
> I am trying to ascertain the correct orthography for the taxonomic author
> H.J. Clark / Henry James-Clark.
> 
> On Wikipedia and Wikispecies, the orthography "Henry James Clark" is used,
> with default sort: Clark, Henry James (i.e., Clark is presented as the
> surname). The same is presently found in AlgaeBase (he authored some
> protist taxa, sometimes also included as algae) and in the VIAF author
> directory at https://viaf.org/viaf/27461281/ . Even Index Nominum
> Genericorum uses "H. J. Clark". IPNI/Plant Name Authors index has no entry
> for him.
> 
> However his name is also found as H. James-Clark - possibly correctly in my
> view?
> 
> I checked a sample original work,
> https://www.ajsonline.org/content/s2-42/125/223 , and the running header is
> "H. J. Clark on Anthophysa Mulleri", while the actual article is prefixed
> "On the structure and habits of [...]; by H. James-Clark, A.B., B.S."
> 
> A posthumous publication of some of his work, along with a biographical
> sketch, calls him "Mr Clark"...
> https://books.google.com.au/books?lr=&id=zvczAQAAMAAJ - more
> confusingness :) Possibly the same "sketch" is reproduced here:
> http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/clark-henry-j.pdf
> 
> I am thinking all instances of his name should be standardized to
> "James-Clark", but would welcome other input.
> 
> By the way, the Wikipedia article "Henry James Clark" includes a facsimile
> signature, available at
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Signature_of_Henry_James_Clark.png,
> which, however reads "H. James-Clark".
> 
> In the algal/protist literature, "James-Clark" does seem to to be the most
> common usage (although sometimes just "Clark"), e.g.:
> 
> BARRY S. C. LEADBEATER, CAROL MORTON, A microscopical study of a marine
> species of *Codosiga* James-Clark (Choanoflagellata) with special reference
> to the ingestion of bacteria, *Biological Journal of the Linnean Society*,
> Volume 6, Issue 4, December 1974, Pages 337–347,
> https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8312.1974.tb00728.x
> 
> Any thoughts appreciated, on which version of the surname I should include
> e.g. on IRMNG, also possibly for adjusting relevant Wikipedia and
> Wikispecies entries as needed.
> Tony Rees, New South Wales, Australia
> https://about.me/TonyRees
> www.irmng.org
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