Thomas Campbell Eyton

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Thomas Campbell Eyton.
Thomas Campbell Eyton.

Thomas Campbell Eyton (September 10, 1809 - October 25, 1880) was an English naturalist whose fields were cattle, fishes and birds. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin though he opposed his theories.[1]

Eyton was born at Eyton Hall, near Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at Cambridge University with his friend Charles Darwin. After succeeding to the estate in 1855 Eyton built a large natural history museum at Eyton Hall.

Eyton published History of the Rarer British Birds (1836), A Monograph on the Anatidae, Or Duck Tribe (1838), A History of Oyster and Oyster Fisheries (1858) and Osteologia Avium (1871-78).

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  1. ^ Darwin, Charles; Gillian Beer (1998). The Origin of Species. Oxford University Press, 400. ISBN 019283438X. Retrieved on 2008-05-24. 

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