Michael J. Preston

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Michael J. Preston is a professor emeritus of English at the University of Colorado Boulder, specializing in Middle English and early Renaissance literature, vernacular culture, folklore and traditional drama. [1]

In 1976 a subspecies of Mexican lizard, Sceloporus torquatus mikeprestoni , was named in his honor by Hobart M. Smith and José Ticul Álvarez. [2] [3]

References

  1. ↑ Preston, Michael J. (January 20, 2011). "Michael J Preston's Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of Colorado. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
  2. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Preston", p. 211).
  3. ↑ Species Sceloporus torquatus at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.


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