Michael J. Preston Explained

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Michael J Preston's Curriculum Vitae . Preston . Michael J. . 2011-01-20 . . 2013-11-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222012/http://english.colorado.edu/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Preston-M-CV.pdf . 2013-12-02.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Preston", p. 211).
3. . www.reptile-database.org.