Talk:Richard Brinsley Hinds

Binomial authority
I only found one species which Hinds had described (which is how I came across his name - there was an ambiguous link in a Wiki article). I wouldn't be at all surprised if there were more; any such should of course be added to this article.

If "Hinds" is a standard author abbreviation, the relevant templates will need to be added. Narky Blert (talk) 18:10, 2 May 2016 (UTC)


 * "Hinds" is the standard form for him as a botanical authority, but I'm not finding any records of plant species that he described. It's possible that he's credited as an "ex" author for some plant species.Plantdrew (talk) 00:24, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Searching for "R. B. Hinds" pulls up some of his zoological contributions, e.g., . I'm not very comfortable with the Zoologist template though. Zoologists don't have standardized author abbreviations (and to the extent that there is a consensus on how to cite a zoological authority, it's by done by subfield; "Smith" might clearly refer to one person in an ichthylogical context and another person in an entomological context). Plantdrew (talk) 00:57, 3 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Thank you. The issue you identified is the reason why I suggested that other editors might want to add "authority" templates, and why I didn't myself just wade in and add a few out of nowhere. I am not a biologist, but think I know enough to know that problem. Narky Blert (talk) 00:25, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

Just, Wow!
IMO, Wiki crowdsourcing at its best. I never expected so many improvements so quickly, in an article about someone almost forgotten. Thank you all! :-D I've used your new info to tweak the article a little, and to improve categories, and to mention him in Hindsia.

Cautionary warning: one source says that Hinds visited the Galapagos – which would be a nice story, but by Hinds' own account of the voyage does not seem to have happened.

WP:OR, so no way includible in the article: it looks to me as if Hinds returned to England very ill indeed, saw his major works (the Sulphur voyage reports) through to publication – and then his body gave out. Narky Blert (talk) 22:36, 3 May 2016 (UTC)